ко

Cognate with Kabardian куэ (kʷɛ).

• IPA^(key): /kʰʷɜ/

ко • (kʷo)

1. thigh
2. thigh muscle

Akin to Chechen ка (ka).

ко̄ • (koo)

1. hand

• IPA^(key): [kɔ]

ко • (ko)

1. (poetic, regional) how

ко • (ko)

1. (poetic, regional) as, like

From Proto-Slavic *kъ(n).

ко • (ko)

1. (with dative) to, towards

• “ко (letter no. 199)”, in Древнерусские берестяные грамоты [Birchbark Literacy from Medieval Rus]‎^[1][2] (in Russian), http://gramoty.ru, 2007–2024

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъ(n).

• IPA^(key): [kə]
• IPA^(key): [kɐ] (before a stressed syllable)

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• IPA^(key): [ˈko] (when stressed)

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ко • (ko) [with dative]

1. 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

• 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.

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъto, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷos, *kʷid, (compare *kʷis).

• тко̏ (Croatia)

• IPA^(key): /kô/

ко̏ (Latin spelling kȍ)

1. (Bosnia, Serbia, interrogatively) who

   ко си ти? ― who are you?

2. (Bosnia, Serbia, relative and indefinite pronoun)

   било ко ― anybody, anyone

   мало ко ― very few people

   онај 'ко ― he who, whoever

From ка̏о.

ко (Latin spelling ko)

1. (colloquial) Misspelling of k'o.

• ка̏о

• “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