kudo
English
editEtymology
editBack-formation from kudos, as if it were a plural with -s.
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkuː.dəʊ/, /ˈkjuː.dəʊ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkuː.doʊ/, /ˈkjuː.doʊ/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -uːdəʊ
- Hyphenation: ku‧do
Noun
editkudo (plural kudos)
- (nonstandard, sometimes proscribed) A compliment or praise.
- 1929 February 18, Harkness Lampooned, Time[1], archived from the original on 28 November 2007:
- Tycoon George Fisher Baker built Harvard's Business School in 1924, was given a kudo Ph.D.
Translations
editVerb
editkudo (third-person singular simple present kudos, present participle kudoing, simple past and past participle kudoed)
- (transitive, nonstandard, proscribed) To give a compliment or praise to.
- 1962, Box Office, volume 80, page 6:
- The magazines kudoed the spectacular African wild animal adventure film as being "an outstanding motion picture as voted by the editors."
- 2001, Richard L. Hemenez, The United States Marine Corps in Books and the Performing Arts, page 450:
- This is more or less a stock service picture entry, kudoing the Coast Guard and the role it played in World War II beach operations.
Finnish
editPronunciation
editVerb
editkudo
- inflection of kutoa:
Anagrams
editIdo
editEtymology
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
editkudo (plural kudi)
Derived terms
edit- kudigar (“to make an elbow”)
Japanese
editRomanization
editkudo
Javanese
editNoun
editkudo
- Nonstandard spelling of kuda.
Spanish
editEtymology
editNoun
editkudo m (uncountable)
Hypernyms
editVeps
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Finnic *kutu. Cognates include Finnish kutu.
Noun
editkudo
- spawn (of fish, amphibians)
Inflection
editInflection of kudo (inflection type 1/ilo) | |||
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nominative sing. | kudo | ||
genitive sing. | kudon | ||
partitive sing. | kudod | ||
partitive plur. | — | ||
singular | plural | ||
nominative | kudo | — | |
accusative | kudon | — | |
genitive | kudon | — | |
partitive | kudod | — | |
essive-instructive | kudon | — | |
translative | kudoks | — | |
inessive | kudos | — | |
elative | kudospäi | — | |
illative | kudoho | — | |
adessive | kudol | — | |
ablative | kudolpäi | — | |
allative | kudole | — | |
abessive | kudota | — | |
comitative | kudonke | — | |
prolative | kudodme | — | |
approximative I | kudonno | — | |
approximative II | kudonnoks | — | |
egressive | kudonnopäi | — | |
terminative I | kudohosai | — | |
terminative II | kudolesai | — | |
terminative III | kudossai | — | |
additive I | kudohopäi | — | |
additive II | kudolepäi | — |
References
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- English back-formations
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/uːdəʊ
- Rhymes:English/uːdəʊ/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English nonstandard terms
- English proscribed terms
- English terms with quotations
- English verbs
- English transitive verbs
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/udo
- Rhymes:Finnish/udo/2 syllables
- Finnish non-lemma forms
- Finnish verb forms
- Ido lemmas
- Ido nouns
- io:Anatomy
- Japanese non-lemma forms
- Japanese romanizations
- Javanese lemmas
- Javanese nouns
- Javanese nonstandard forms
- Spanish terms borrowed from Japanese
- Spanish terms derived from Japanese
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish uncountable nouns
- Spanish terms spelled with K
- Spanish masculine nouns
- es:Martial arts
- Veps terms inherited from Proto-Finnic
- Veps terms derived from Proto-Finnic
- Veps lemmas
- Veps nouns
- Veps ilo-type nominals