kou

Borrowed from English cow.

kou

1. cow

From older koude, from Middle Dutch coude, alteration (based on the adjective) of kelde, from Old Dutch *keldi, from Proto-West Germanic *kaldī. Cognate with German Kälte.

• IPA^(key): /kɑu̯/

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• Hyphenation: kou
• Rhymes: -ɑu̯
• Homophones: kauw, kouw

kou f (uncountable, diminutive koutje n)

1. cold (low temperature)
2. cold (illness)

   Synonym: verkoudheid

• koude

• IPA^(key): /ku/

From French cou (“neck”).

kou

1. neck

From French coup.

kou

1. blow, strike

• koudam
• koudèy
• koupe
• kout

• IPA^(key): /ˈkou̯/, [ˈkow]

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

kou

1. your second person singular, o-type

• ou
• nou

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kou

1. A tree with wood highly valued for woodworking, Cordia subcordata

kou

1. Rōmaji transcription of こう

kou

1. wood

kou

1. Nonstandard spelling of kōu.
2. Nonstandard spelling of kǒu.
3. Nonstandard spelling of kòu.

• 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

From French cou.

kou

1. neck

From French coup.

kou

1. blow; strike

• enn kou

• IPA^(key): /ˈko.u/

kou

1. (intransitive) to break (of wood, etc.)

Conjugation of kou (action verb)
		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		tokou	mokou	akou
2nd person		nokou	fokou
3rd person	inanimate	ikou	dokou
	animate
imperative		nokou, kou	fokou, kou

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[1], Pacific linguistics