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See also: кю and қу

Adyghe

Etymology 1

Letter

ку (kʷu) (lower case, upper case Ку)

  1. The twenty-second letter of the Adyghe alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

See also

Etymology 2

Compare Kabardian гу (gʷu).

Pronunciation

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Noun

ку (kʷu)

  1. carriage
  2. cart
  3. wagon
Declension
Declension of ку
case singular plural
indefinite куэ (kʷɛ) куэхэ (kʷɛxɛ)
nominative куэр (kʷɛr) куэхэр (kʷɛxɛr)
ergative куэм (kʷɛm) куэхэмэ (kʷɛxɛmɛ)
instrumental куэ(м)кӏэ (kʷɛ(m)kʼɛ) куэхэ(м)кӏэ (kʷɛxɛ(m)kʼɛ)
invertive куыу (kʷəwu) кухыу (kʷuxəwu)
Synonyms

Chuvash

Etymology

From Volga Bulgar ك.

Determiner

ку (ku)

  1. this

Further reading

  • ку”, in Электронлă сăмахсар (overall work in Russian and Chuvash), 1996.

Kabardian

Letter

ку (kʷu) (lower case, upper case Ку)

  1. The twentieth letter of the Kabardian alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

See also

Komi-Permyak

Etymology

From Proto-Permic *ku.

Noun

ку (ku)

  1. leather
  2. hide

Macedonian

Noun

ку (kun

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter Q/q.

Mator

Etymology

From Proto-Samoyedic *koəj, from Proto-Uralic *kojwa.

Noun

ку (transliteration needed)

  1. birch

References

Omok

Etymology

Perhaps related to Proto-Uralic *kume.

Noun

ку (ku)

  1. snow

References

  • Ferdinand von Wrangel (1841) Прибавленія къ путешествію по сѣвернымъ берегамъ Сибири и Ледовитому Морю [Supplements to the adventure along the northern shores of Siberia and the Arctic Ocean] (in Russian), volume 2, Saint Petersburg, page 120

Russian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

ку (kun inan (indeclinable)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter Q/q.

Udmurt

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Ку.

From Proto-Permic *ku, from Proto-Uralic *kopa. Cognates include Eastern Mari куво (kuvo, husk).

Permic cognates include Komi-Zyrian ку (ku) and Komi-Yazva ку (ku).

Noun

ку (ku)

  1. skin, leather, fur, hide
Declension

Etymology 2

From Proto-Permic *kod, from Proto-Uralic *ku-. Cognates include Komi-Zyrian кор (kor).

Adverb

ку (ku)

  1. when

Conjunction

ку (ku)

  1. when
Derived terms

References

  • L. E. Kirillova, L. L. Karpova, editors (2008), “ку”, in Удмурт-ӟуч кыллюкам [Udmurt-Russian dictionary], Izhevsk: Удмуртский институт истории, языка и литературы УрО РАН, →ISBN, page 334
  • Yrjö Wichmann, Toivo Emil Uotila (1987) Mikko Korhonen, editor, Wotjakischer Wortschatz [Votyak Vocabulary] (Lexica Societatis Fenno-Ugricae; Volume 21) (overall work in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen Seura, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 126

Yagnobi

Pronoun

ку (ku)

  1. where