koo

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Afar

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkoː/
  • Hyphenation: koo

Pronoun

kóo

  1. Full form of kó

References

  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN, page 237
  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Akatek

Etymology

From Proto-Mayan *koj

Pronunciation

Noun

koo

  1. puma, mountain lion, cougar (Puma concolor)

References

  • Erik Boot (2009) The Updated Preliminary Classic Maya-English English-Classic Maya Vocabulary of Hieroglyphic Readings‎, page 97
  • “koo”, in Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages (Akateko)‎, 2022

Finnish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Swedish kå, ultimately from Latin kā with raising of /aː/ to /oː/.

Noun

koo

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter K/k.
Declension
Inflection of koo (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)
nominative koo koot
genitive koon koiden
koitten
partitive koota koita
illative koohon koihin
singular plural
nominative koo koot
accusative nom. koo koot
gen. koon
genitive koon koiden
koitten
partitive koota koita
inessive koossa koissa
elative koosta koista
illative koohon koihin
adessive koolla koilla
ablative koolta koilta
allative koolle koille
essive koona koina
translative kooksi koiksi
abessive kootta koitta
instructive — koin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of koo (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative kooni kooni
accusative nom. kooni kooni
gen. kooni
genitive kooni koideni
koitteni
partitive kootani koitani
inessive koossani koissani
elative koostani koistani
illative koohoni koihini
adessive koollani koillani
ablative kooltani koiltani
allative koolleni koilleni
essive koonani koinani
translative kookseni koikseni
abessive koottani koittani
instructive — —
comitative — koineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative koosi koosi
accusative nom. koosi koosi
gen. koosi
genitive koosi koidesi
koittesi
partitive kootasi koitasi
inessive koossasi koissasi
elative koostasi koistasi
illative koohosi koihisi
adessive koollasi koillasi
ablative kooltasi koiltasi
allative koollesi koillesi
essive koonasi koinasi
translative kooksesi koiksesi
abessive koottasi koittasi
instructive — —
comitative — koinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative koomme koomme
accusative nom. koomme koomme
gen. koomme
genitive koomme koidemme
koittemme
partitive kootamme koitamme
inessive koossamme koissamme
elative koostamme koistamme
illative koohomme koihimme
adessive koollamme koillamme
ablative kooltamme koiltamme
allative koollemme koillemme
essive koonamme koinamme
translative kooksemme koiksemme
abessive koottamme koittamme
instructive — —
comitative — koinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative koonne koonne
accusative nom. koonne koonne
gen. koonne
genitive koonne koidenne
koittenne
partitive kootanne koitanne
inessive koossanne koissanne
elative koostanne koistanne
illative koohonne koihinne
adessive koollanne koillanne
ablative kooltanne koiltanne
allative koollenne koillenne
essive koonanne koinanne
translative kooksenne koiksenne
abessive koottanne koittanne
instructive — —
comitative — koinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative koonsa koonsa
accusative nom. koonsa koonsa
gen. koonsa
genitive koonsa koidensa
koittensa
partitive kootaan
kootansa 		koitaan
koitansa
inessive koossaan
koossansa 		koissaan
koissansa
elative koostaan
koostansa 		koistaan
koistansa
illative koohonsa koihinsa
adessive koollaan
koollansa 		koillaan
koillansa
ablative kooltaan
kooltansa 		koiltaan
koiltansa
allative koolleen
koollensa 		koilleen
koillensa
essive koonaan
koonansa 		koinaan
koinansa
translative kookseen
kooksensa 		koikseen
koiksensa
abessive koottaan
koottansa 		koittaan
koittansa
instructive — —
comitative — koineen
koinensa

Etymology 2

< kolme, specifically the initial syllable

Numeral

Finnish numbers (edit)
30
 ←  2 3 4  → [a], [b]
    Cardinal: kolme
    Colloquial counting form: koo, kol
    Ordinal: kolmas
    Colloquial ordinal: kolkki (regional)
    Ordinal abbreviation: 3., 3:s
    Digit name: kolmonen
    Adverbial: kolmesti, kolmasti
    Multiplier: kolminkertainen
    Distributive: kolmittain
    Fractional: kolmasosa, kolmannes
Finnish Wikipedia article on 3

koo (colloquial)

  1. (counting) three

See also

Swahili

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Etymology 1

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

Noun

koo (ma class, plural makoo)

  1. throat
    Synonym: umio

Etymology 2

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

Noun

koo (ma class, plural makoo)

  1. Used to indicate a breeding animal.
    koo la kuku ― a breeding chicken
    koo la mbuzi ― a breeding goat

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

koo

  1. plural of ukoo

Wolio

Noun

koo

  1. forest

References

  • Anceaux, Johannes C. (1987) Wolio Dictionary (Wolio-English-Indonesian) / Kamus Bahasa Wolio (Wolio-Inggeris-Indonesia), Dordrecht: Foris

Yoruba

Alternative forms

Etymology

From contraction of kúrò

Pronunciation

Verb

kóò

  1. (Ekiti) to leave; to go away
    kóò lị́bẹ̀!
    leave there!

Interjection

kóò

  1. go away!

Derived terms

Yosondúa Mixtec

Noun

koo

  1. snake

References

  • Beaty de Farris, Kathryn, et al. (2012) Diccionario básico del mixteco de Yosondúa, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 46)‎ (in Spanish), third edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C.
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