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Adyghe
Etymology
Cognate with Kabardian куэ (kʷɛ).
Pronunciation
Noun
ко • (kʷo)
- thigh
- thigh muscle
Declension
Bezhta
Etymology
Akin to Chechen ка (ka).
Noun
ко̄ • (koo)
- hand
Macedonian
Pronunciation
Adverb
ко • (ko)
- (poetic, regional) how
Preposition
ко • (ko)
- (poetic, regional) as, like
Old Novgorodian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *kъ(n).
Preposition
ко • (ko)
- (with dative) to, towards
References
Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъ(n).
Pronunciation
Preposition
ко • (ko)
- Alternative form of к (k): to, towards; by, for (a specified time); etc.
- ко мне́ ― ko mné ― to me
- ко вто́рнику ― ko vtórniku ― by Tuesday
Usage notes
- This is a variant of к (k) which is sometimes used before words beginning with certain consonant clusters such as вс- (vs-), вш- (vš-), вт- (vt-), льв- (lʹv-), льд- (lʹd-), льн- (lʹn-), лб- (lb-), лж- (lž-), мн- (mn-), мх- (mx-), рв- (rv-), рт- (rt-), рж- (rž-), сн- (sn-), фл- (fl-) and others.
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъto, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷos, *kʷid, (compare *kʷis).
Pronunciation
Pronoun
ко̏ (Latin spelling kȍ)
- (Bosnia, Serbia, interrogatively) who
- ко си ти? ― who are you?
- (Bosnia, Serbia, relative and indefinite pronoun)
- било ко ― anybody, anyone
- мало ко ― very few people
- онај 'ко ― he who, whoever
Declension
Etymology 2
From ка̏о.
Contraction
ко (Latin spelling ko)
- (colloquial) Misspelling of k'o.
References
- “ко”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
- “ко”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024