ku

ku

1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Kurdish.

• IPA^(key): /ˈku/ [ˈkʊ]

kú

1. thy, your

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “ku”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

• (Saru, before vowels) k

• IPA^(key): [ku]

ku= (Kana spelling ク)

1. I (first-person singular subject pronoun)

Used before verbs and adjectives to express the first person. When isolated, kuani is used. They can also be used together, thus:

Kuani ku=arpa wa ku=ye. ― I will go and tell him.

• IPA^(key): [ku]

ku (Kana spelling ク)

1. to drink

• iku (“to drink strong drink”)

• e (“to eat”)

• (Gheg) kû, kûn, kûh, ka, kah

From Proto-Albanian *ku, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷu (“where”). Cognate to Proto-Baltic *kur (“where”) (Lithuanian kur̃ (“id”), kur (“id”), Latvian kur), Proto-Slavic *kъde (“where”) (Old Church Slavonic къде (kŭde, “id”), Russian где (gde)) and Sanskrit कुह (kúha, “where”) (cf. also Sanskrit कू (kū́, “id”), Avestan 𐬐𐬎𐬛𐬁 (kudā), 𐬐𐬏 (kū)).^[1]

See also Albanian kur (“when”).^[2]

ku

1. where (asking about a place, where or towards which direction)

   Ku po shkon? ― Where are you going?

2. where ... at

   Ku je? ― Where (are) you at?

3. whither, whereto
4. whence, where from
5. how (to/that)

   Synonym: si (qysh (Gheg))

   Ku e din ai? ― How does he (want to) know that?

   Ku më dit unë? ― How do I know that? (Gheg)

6. where, whither; there, thither (used to connect repetitive verbs; indicating location, direction)

ku

1. where (used for rhetorical questions)
2. where to where whither (used repeatedly, to accentuate significant differences between two objects)

• kudo (“wherever”)
• diku (“somewhere”)
• kudo (“anywhere”)
• kudoqoftë (“anywhere”)
• askund (“nowhere”), askundi (“id”)
• ndokund (“somewhere”)
• gjëkund (“nowhere”), gjëkund (“id”)
• asgjëkund (“nowhere”), asgjëkundi (“id”)
• kurrkund (“nowhere”)
• kur (“when”)
• këtu (“here”)
• kah m (“direction”), kahu m (“id”)
• (Gheg) këtû, qaty

• (interrogative pronouns)
  • (nominative) kush (“who”)
  • (accusative) kë (“whom”), (kënd (“id”))
  • (dative, ablative, genitive) kujt (kuj)

• [2] adverb/particle ku (where) • Fjalor Shqip (Albanian Dictionary)
• Oda Buchholz, Wilfried Fiedler, Gerda Uhlisch (2000) “adverb/particle ku I, II (where, whither, whereto)”, in Langenscheidt Handwörterbuch Albanisch, Langenscheidt Verlag, →ISBN, page 256
• Martin Camaj (1984) “'ku' (where) (and other relatives)”, in Albanian grammar: with exercises, chrestomathy and glossaries, Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, Wiesbaden, →ISBN, pages 66, 92

ku

1. (Mpakwithi) tree
2. (Mpakwithi) wood
3. (Mpakwithi) stick

• Terry Crowley, The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 186

ku

1. tail
2. yam

• bananku
• kukara
• masaku

• IPA^(key): /ku/, [ku]

ku inan

1. The name of the Latin-script letter Q/q.

• (Latin-script letter names) a, be, ze, de, e, efe, ge, hatxe, i, jota, ka, ele, eme, ene, eñe, o, pe, ku, erre, ese, te, u, uve, uve bikoitz, ixa, i greko, zeta

• IPA^(key): [kú]

ku

1. hole

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъ(n).

• IPA^(key): [ˈku]

• Audio:

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ku

1. (informal) to (in the direction of, and arriving at)

   Synonyms: k, ke

• “ku”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “ku”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

ku

1. Alternative form of kuo

kuku

1. to die

Borrowed from Latin kū.

ku n (genitive singular kus, plural ku)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter Q/q.

Declension of ku
n3	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ku	kuið	ku	kuini
accusative	ku	kuið	ku	kuini
dative	kui	kuinum	kuum	kuunum
genitive	kus	kusins	kua	kuanna

• IPA^(key): /ˈku(ˣ)/, [ˈku(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -u
• Syllabification^(key): ku

ku (colloquial)

1. Alternative form of kun

   Se ilmesty antamaan ohjeita ku mä olin jo saanu työn valmiiks.

   He showed up to give instructions when I had already finished the job.

2. Alternative form of kuin

ku (colloquial)

1. Alternative form of kuin

   Risto oli puhunu Pekan kaa useemmin ku (mitä) päiväkirja antaa ymmärtää.

   Risto had been talking with Pekka more often than the diary lets one understand.

• cu (much less common)
• qu (less common)

• IPA^(key): /ky/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -y
• Homophones: cul, culs, cu, cus, kus, qu, qus

ku m (plural kus)

1. cue, The name of the Latin-script letter Q/q.

From Portuguese quando. Cognate with Kabuverdianu kantu.

ku

1. when

From Portuguese com. Cognate with Kabuverdianu ku.

ku

1. with

• okú

From Proto-Gbe *kú. Cognates include Fon kú, Xwela Gbe nku, Adja kú (v.), Adja eku (n.), Saxwe Gbe kú (v.), Saxwe Gbe okú (n.), Ewe ku (v.), Ewe eku (n.), Yoruba kú (v.), Yoruba ikú (n.)

• IPA^(key): /kú/

kú (plural kú lɛ́ or kú lẹ́)

1. death

kú

1. to die

Proposed to derive from Proto-Yoruboid *kú or Proto-Yoruboid *kpú. Cognates are extensive throughout many different branches of Niger-Congo. Cognate with Igala kwú, Tiv *kpe, Ibibio *kpa, Proto-Jukunoid *kwu-, Ewe *kuku and Awing *kfu (from Proto-Grassfields *kÚ(a)).

• IPA^(key): /kú/

kú

1. to die

• IPA^(key): /ku/

ku

1. Aphetic form of aku
2. (text messaging, informal) Alternative spelling of -ku.

Borrowed from Min Nan 龜／龟 (ku, “turtle; tortoise”).

ku

1. (cooking) Ang ku kueh: a small round or oval-shaped Chinese sweet dumpling with soft, sticky glutinous rice flour skin wrapped around a sweet central filling.

Unadapted borrowing from Japanese 區(く) (ku, “ward, section, district”). Romanised according modified Kunrei-shiki romanization.

ku

1. (historical, 1942-1945) Synonym of desa (“village”)

• “ku” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

• ko

From Proto-Finnic *ku, from Proto-Uralic *ku-. Akin to Finnish kun and Estonian kui.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈku/, [ˈku]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈku/, [ˈku]
• Rhymes: -u
• Hyphenation: ku

ku

1. than
   • 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎^[3], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 4:

     Laukaal monikkaat äänet saotaa toiseel viisii, ku Soikkolas, sannoin painutos, sklonenja, Laukaal ono vähä toisenlaajain, ja Laukaal ono sanoja, kumpa Soikkolaas ei oo, tali kummat Soikkolaas merkitsööt toista assiaa, ku Laukaal.

     In the Lower Luga dialect some sounds are pronounced in a different way, than in the Soikkola dialect, the inflection, declension of words, is a little different in Lower Luga, and Lower Luga has words, that aren't in Soikkola, or that in Soikkola mean different things, than in Lower Luga.

2. like, how, to
   • 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 6:

     Miä muissin, kui möö hulkuimma metsää mööt, yhenlain ku sokkiat, ja nyt kovin meinaisin oppihussa löytämää teetä, samalviittää kui pioneerat.

     I remembered, how we wandered along the forest, similar to blind people, and now I really decided to learn to find the way, just like the pioneers.

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 210

ku

1. The hiragana syllable く (ku) or the katakana syllable ク (ku) in Hepburn romanization.

Shortened form of aku, from Old Javanese aku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aku, from Proto-Austronesian *aku.

ku (personal pronoun, informal)

1. I (personal pronoun)
2. me (direct object of a verb)
3. me (object of a preposition)
4. me (indirect object of a verb)
5. my (belonging to me)

Clipping of iku

ku

1. that, those

Borrowed from Burmese ကူး (ku:).

ku

1. to copy

• Kurabe, Keita (2016 December 31) “Phonology of Burmese loanwords in Jinghpaw”, in Kyoto University Linguistic Research‎^[4], volume 35, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 91–128

From Portuguese com.

ku

1. with

Regional variants of ku

North Karelian (Viena)	ku
South Karelian (Tver)	ku

From Proto-Finnic *ku. Cognates include Finnish ku-.

• IPA^(key): /ˈku/
• Hyphenation: ku

ku

1. (interrogative) what? which?

ku

1. (relative) which

Viena Karelian declension of ku (irregular)
	singular	plural
nominative	ku	kut
genitive	kun	kun
partitive	kuta	kuta
illative	kuh	kuh
inessive	kušša	kušša
elative	kušta	kušta
adessive	kulla	kulla
ablative	kulta	kulta
translative	kukši	kukši
essive	kuna	kuna
comitative	—	kuneh
abessive	kutta	kutta

Tver Karelian declension of ku (irregular)
	singular	plural
nominative	ku	kut
genitive	kun	kun
partitive	kuda	kuta
illative	kuh	kuh
inessive	kušša	kušša
elative	kušta	kušta
adessive	kulla	kulla
ablative	kulda	kulda
translative	kukši	kukši
essive	kuna	kuna
comitative	kunke	kunke
abessive	kutta	kutta

• A. V. Punzhina (1994) “ku”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры), →ISBN
• P. Zaykov, L. Rugoyeva (1999) “ku”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты), Petrozavodsk, →ISBN

• cū

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kuː/, [kuː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ku/, [kuː]

kū f (indeclinable)

1. The name of the letter Q.

• (Latin-script letter names) littera; ā, bē, cē, dē, ē, ef, gē, hā / *acca, ī, kā, el, em, en, ō, pē, kū, er, es, tē, ū, ix / īx / ex, ȳ / ī graeca / ȳpsīlon, zēta

• Arthur E. Gordon, The Letter Names of the Latin Alphabet (University of California Press, 1973; volume 9 of University of California Publications: Classical Studies), part III: “Summary of the Ancient Evidence”, page 32
  Clearly there is no question or doubt about the names of the vowels A, E, I, O, U. They are simply long A, long E, etc. (ā, ē, ī, ō, ū). Nor is there any uncertainty with respect to the six mutes B, C, D, G, P, T. Their names are bē, cē, dē, gē, pē, tē (each with a long E). Or about H, K, and Q: they are hā, kā, kū — each, again, with a long vowel sound.

• kui (Courland)

From Proto-Finnic *ku, from Proto-Uralic *ku- ~ *ko-. Related to Estonian kuidas and Finnish kuinka. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

ku

1. how

• IPA^(key): /ku/

ku (with dative)

1. Alternative form of k (used before ch, g, and k)

• aku, daku

Shortened form of aku, from Proto-Malayic *aku, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *aku, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *aku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aku, from Proto-Austronesian *aku.

• IPA^(key): /ku/
• Rhymes: -ku, -u

ku (Jawi spelling کو) (informal)

1. I (personal pronoun)

   Kutahu.

   I know.

2. me (direct object of a verb)

   Dia mengenaliku.

   He knows me.

3. me (object of a preposition)

   Dia pergi denganku.

   He went with me.

4. me (indirect object of a verb)
5. my (belonging to me)

   Ini barangku.

   This is my stuff.

• ku-
• -ku

Malay personal pronouns
		singular	plural
1st person	standard	saya／ساي aku／اکو, ku-／كو- (informal/towards God) -ku／-كو (informal possessive) hamba／همبا (dated)	kami／کامي (exclusive) kita orang／كيت اورڠ (informal exclusive) kita／کيت (inclusive)
	royal	beta／بيتا
2nd person	standard	kamu／کامو anda／اندا (formal)
		engkau／اڠکاو, kau-／كاو- (informal/towards God) awak／اوق (friendly/older towards younger) -mu／-مو (possessive)	awak semua／اوق سموا kamu semua／كامو سموا kalian／کالين (informal) kau orang／كاو اورڠ (informal)
	royal	tuanku／توانكو
3rd person	standard	dia／دي ia／اي beliau／بلياو (honorific) -nya／-ڽ (possessive)	mereka／مريک dia orang／دي اورڠ (informal)
	royal	baginda／بݢيندا

ku

1. Nonstandard spelling of kū.
2. Nonstandard spelling of kǔ.
3. Nonstandard spelling of kù.

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

ku

1. Alternative spelling of kou

ku

1. Alternative form of cou

ku

1. that (connecting noun clause, introducing the result of the main clause)

   Min bihîst ku ew pir dewlemend e.

   I heard that he is very rich.

2. implied that (where it is grammatically necessary)

   Min tutişt tune ku bidim.

   I have nothing to give. OR I have nothing that I give.

ku

1. which, that (of those mentioned or implied)

   Dîmenderparêzên ku ekranê diguherînin bi kar bîne.

   Use screen savers that manipulate the screen.

• da ku, ji ber ku

From Old West Norse kýr (accusative singular kú), from Proto-Germanic *kōz.

ku f or m (definite singular kua or kuen, indefinite plural kyr or kuer, definite plural kyrne or kuene)

1. a cow

• One of the nouns whose feminine form is predominant in formal writing.

• kugalskap
• kumelk
• melkeku, mjølkeku

• “ku” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /kʉː/

From Old West Norse kýr (accusative singular kú), from Proto-Germanic *kōz.

ku f (definite singular kua, indefinite plural kyr, definite plural kyrne)

1. cow

   Det går eit par kyr i beitet og beitar.

   There are a couple of cows grazing in the pasture.

• kugalskap
• mjølkeku

ku

1. imperative of kua

• “ku” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• k

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъ(n). First attested in the first half of the 14th century.

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /ku/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ku/

ku [with dative]

1. denotes allative movement; to, toward

   Synonym: do

2. used datively, used to indicate the target or recipient of an action; to
3. until

   Synonym: do

4. for, benefitting

   Synonyms: dla, przed

5. because of

   Synonym: dla

6. in relation to, in terms of
7. in terms of accompanying circumstances; at
   • 1950 [1446], Władysław Kuraszkiewicz, Adam Wolff, editors, Zapiski i roty polskie XV-XVI wieku z ksiąg sądowych ziemi warszawskiej, number 591, Warsaw:

     Jacom ya byl ku temu yednanyu natenczasz, yakom smowil sz Janem

     [Jakom ja był ku temu jednaniu natenczas, jakom smowił z Janem]

• Polish: ku, k (Middle Polish), pu (Kuyavia)
• Silesian: ku

• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “ku”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

From Portuguese com and Spanish con and Kabuverdianu ku.

ku

1. with
2. plus
3. and

From Portuguese que and Spanish que and Kabuverdianu ki.

ku

1. than
2. that
3. which

From Proto-Khasian *kuː. Cognate with Khasi kiew and Proto-Khmuic *gaːw (“to climb”).

• IPA^(key): /ku/

ku

1. to climb

• k (Middle Polish)
• pu (Kuyavia)

Inherited from Old Polish ku.

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -u
• Syllabification: ku

ku [with dative]

1. denotes allative movement; to, toward
2. denotes dative action, used to indicate the target or recipient of an action; to
3. (literary) for, benefitting

   Synonym: dla

4. used to indicate a resulting feeling or emotion; to

   ku mojemu zaskoczeniu ― to my surprise

• do

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), ku is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 23 times in scientific texts, 9 times in news, 12 times in essays, 41 times in fiction, and 13 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 98 times, making it the 639th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.^[1]

• ku in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• ku in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “ku, k”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku
• “KU”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku, 2018 June 28
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “ku”, in Słownik języka polskiego
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “ku”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1902), “ku, k”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page 615

Inherited from Old Polish ku.

• IPA^(key): /ˈku/
• Rhymes: -u
• Syllabification: ku

ku [with dative]

1. denotes allative movement; to, toward

   Synonym: do

   Antonym: ôd

2. used datively, used to indicate the target or recipient of an action; to

   Synonym: do

   Antonym: ôd

• ku in dykcjonorz.eu
• ku in silling.org

ku

1. Romanization of 𒆪 (ku)

Cognate with Persian کور (kur).

ku

1. blind

Cognate with Persian کوه (kuh).

ku

1. mountain

From Proto-Uralic *ki, the same root from which the Finnish ken is derived.

• IPA^(key): /ku/

ku

1. who

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[5], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

From Proto-Tocharian *ku, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ (“dog”). Compare Tocharian B ku, Latin canis, Old Irish cú, Old English hund.

ku m

1. dog

From Proto-Tocharian *ku, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ (“dog”). Compare Tocharian A ku, Latin canis, Old Irish cú, Old English hund.

ku m

1. dog

• Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “ku”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 190

ku

1. to

   Ku ba ndlopfu hi xibakele. ― To hit an elephant with a fist.

• "ku" in Xitsonga Dictionary

From Proto-Algonquian *-w (negative particle).

• IPA^(key): [ku]

ku

1. not

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

ku

1. if
2. when
3. than (in comparisons)

• (than): mi

From Proto-Finnic *kuu, from Proto-Uralic *kuŋe.

ku

1. moon
2. month

Inflection of ku (inflection type 13/ma)
nominative sing.	ku
genitive sing.	kun
partitive sing.	kud
partitive plur.	kuid
	singular	plural
nominative	ku	kud
accusative	kun	kud
genitive	kun	kuiden
partitive	kud	kuid
essive-instructive	kun	kuin
translative	kuks	kuikš
inessive	kus	kuiš
elative	kuspäi	kuišpäi
illative	kuhu	kuihe
adessive	kul	kuil
ablative	kulpäi	kuilpäi
allative	kule	kuile
abessive	kuta	kuita
comitative	kunke	kuidenke
prolative	kudme	kuidme
approximative I	kunno	kuidenno
approximative II	kunnoks	kuidennoks
egressive	kunnopäi	kuidennopäi
terminative I	kuhusai	kuihesai
terminative II	kulesai	kuilesai
terminative III	kussai	—
additive I	kuhupäi	kuihepäi
additive II	kulepäi	kuilepäi

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “если, месяц, когда, раз, чем”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ‎^[6], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Finnish kun and Ingrian ku.

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈku/, [ˈku]
• Rhymes: -u
• Hyphenation: ku

ku

1. (relative) when
2. if
3. than (in comparisons)
4. that

ku

1. how (in expressions of wonder)

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “ku”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat, 2nd edition, Tallinn

ku

1. who

ku

1. yam

Proposed to derive from Proto-Yoruboid *kú or Proto-Yoruboid *kpú. Cognates are extensive throughout many different branches of Niger-Congo. Cognate with Igala kwú, Tiv *kpe, Ibibio *kpa, Proto-Jukunoid *kwu-, Ewe *kuku and Awing *kfu (from Proto-Grassfields *kÚ(a)).

• IPA^(key): /kú/

kú

1. to die

   Ọ̀pọ̀ ló kú nínú ìjàǹbá yẹn ― Many died in that accident

   Fóònù mi ti fẹ́ kú nísìnyí, màá pè yín padà o ― My phone's about to die now, I'll call you back

• IPA^(key): /kù/

kù

1. to remain

   Ó ku oṣù mẹ́ta kí n padà lọ ― There're three months left until I go back