ко

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Adyghe

Etymology

Cognate with Kabardian куэ (kʷɛ).

Pronunciation

Noun

ко (kʷo)

  1. thigh
  2. thigh muscle

Declension

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)

  1. Alternative form of к (k): to, towards; by, for (a specified time); etc.
    ко мне́ko mnéto me
    ко вто́рникуko vtórnikuby 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).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Pronoun

ко̏ (Latin spelling )

  1. (Bosnia, Serbia, interrogatively) who
    ко си ти?who are you?
  2. (Bosnia, Serbia, relative and indefinite pronoun)
    било коanybody, anyone
    мало коvery few people
    онај 'коhe who, whoever
Declension

Etymology 2

From ка̏о.

Contraction

ко (Latin spelling ko)

  1. (colloquial) Misspelling of k'o.

References

  • ко”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
  • ко”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024