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See also: -ко, к'о, ко-, and Appendix:Variations of "ko"

Adyghe

Etymology

Cognate with Kabardian куэ (kʷɛ).

Pronunciation

Noun

ко • (kʷo)

  1. thigh
  2. thigh muscle

Declension

declension of ко
case singular plural
indefinite ко (kʷo) кохэ (kʷoxɛ)
nominative кор (kʷor) кохэр (kʷoxɛr)
ergative ком (kʷom) кохэмэ (kʷoxɛmɛ)
instrumental ко(м)кӏэ (kʷo(m)kʼɛ) кохэ(м)кӏэ (kʷoxɛ(m)kʼɛ)
invertive коу (kʷowu) кохыу (kʷoxəwu)

Bezhta

Etymology

Akin to Chechen ка (ka).

Noun

ко̄ • (koo)

  1. hand

Macedonian

Pronunciation

Adverb

ко • (ko)

  1. (poetic, regional) how

Preposition

ко • (ko)

  1. (poetic, regional) as, like

Old Novgorodian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kъ(n).

Preposition

ко (ko)

  1. (with dative) to, towards

References

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъ(n).

Pronunciation

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Preposition

ко • (ko) (+ dative case)

  1. to, towards
    ко мне́ ― ko mné ― to me
  2. (time): by, for
    ко вто́рнику ― ko vtórniku ― by Tuesday

Usage notes

This is a variant form of к (k) used before words beginning with awkward consonant clusters such as вс- (vs-), вт- (vt-), мн- (mn-), сн- (sn-).

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъto, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷos, *kʷid, (compare *kʷis).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Pronoun

ко̏ (Latin spelling kȍ)

  1. (Bosnia, Serbia, interrogatively) who
    ко си ти? ― who are you?
  2. (Bosnia, Serbia, relative and indefinite pronoun)
    било ко ― anybody, anyone
    мало ко ― very few people
    онај 'ко ― he who, whoever
Declension
Declension of ко
singular/plural
nominative тко̏, ко̏
genitive ко̀га, ко̏г
dative ко̀му, ко̀ме, ко̏м
accusative ко̀га, ко̏г
vocative —
locative ко̀м, ко̀ме
instrumental ки̑м, ки́ме

Etymology 2

From ка̏о.

Contraction

ко (Latin spelling ko)

  1. (colloquial) Misspelling of k'o.
Related terms

References

  • “ко” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • “ко” in Hrvatski jezični portal
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