кӧ

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Eastern Mari

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *ke, cognates include Finnish ken and Hungarian ki.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kø/
  • Rhymes:
  • Hyphenation: кӧ

Pronoun

кӧ ()

  1. (interrogative) who
    кӧ тушто?
    kö tušto?
    who is there?
  2. anybody, anyone, somebody, someone
    кӧ толеш, тек вучалтат
    kö toĺeš, tek vučaltat
    if anybody comes, they should wait
  3. (кӧ... кӧ:) some... others
    кӧ келша, кӧ ваштареш
    kö kelša, kö vaštareš
    some are for, others are against

Derived terms

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References

  • J. Bradley et al. (2023) “кӧ”, in The Mari Web Project: Mari-English Dictionary, University of Vienna