kuo

See also: kuò, kuǒ, and ku'o

Esperanto

Etymology

From French ku.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkuo]

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• Rhymes: -uo
• Hyphenation: ku‧o

Noun

kuo (accusative singular kuon, plural kuoj, accusative plural kuojn)

1. the letter q (upper case Q), the seventeenth letter of the Latin alphabet

Usage notes

The o is occasionally dropped, usually when spelling out words. E.g. QED would frequently be spelled out "ku e do" instead of "kuo e do" in Esperanto.

Lithuanian

Pronoun

kuo

1. instrumental of kas

Lautu Chin

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [kùò]

Verb

kuo

1. to burn

References

• Amanda Bohnert, Kelly Harper Berkson, Sui Hnem Par (2022) “Vowel Sounds in Hnaring Lutuv”, in Indiana Working Papers in South Asian Languages and Cultures‎^[1], volume 3, number 1

Mandarin

Romanization

kuo

1. Nonstandard spelling of kuò.

Usage notes

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Middle Dutch

Noun

kuo

1. (rare) Alternative spelling of coe

Middle High German

Alternative forms

• kū, kō, chuo

Etymology

From Old High German kuo, from Proto-West Germanic *kō, from Proto-Germanic *kōz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (classical) /kuə̯/, (southern Upper German) /kxuə̯/, (later Central German) /kuː ~ koː/

Noun

kuo f

1. cow

Declension

Declension of kuo (feminine, class 2 strong)

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	diu	kuo	die	küeje, küewe
genitive	einer	dër	küeje, kuo, küewe	dër	küeje, küewe
dative	einer	dër	küeje, kuo, küewe	dën	küejen, küewen
accusative	eine	die	kuo	die	küeje, küewe

Descendants

• Alemannic German: Chue
  • Alsatian: Küeh
  • Walser: Chua
• Bavarian: Kuah, Kouh (Northern Bavarian), Kua (spelling variant)
  • Cimbrian: khua
  • Mòcheno: kua
• Central Franconian: Kuh, Koh
  • Hunsrik: Kuh
  • Luxembourgish: Kou
• East Franconian: Kou, Kua, Kuu
• German: Kuh
• Rhine Franconian:
  • Pennsylvania German: Kuh
• Vilamovian: kü
• Yiddish: קו (ku)

References

• Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “KUO”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel
• "kuo" in Köbler, Gerhard, Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch (3rd edition 2014)

Nafaanra

Noun

kuo

1. society, organization

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *kō, from Proto-Germanic *kōz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws.

Noun

kuo f

1. cow

Descendants

• Middle High German: kuo, kū, kō, chuo
  • Alemannic German: Chue
    • Alsatian: Küeh
    • Walser: Chua
  • Bavarian: Kuah, Kouh (Northern Bavarian), Kua (spelling variant)
    • Cimbrian: khua
    • Mòcheno: kua
  • Central Franconian: Kuh, Koh
    • Hunsrik: Kuh
    • Luxembourgish: Kou
  • East Franconian: Kou, Kua, Kuu
  • German: Kuh
  • Rhine Franconian:
    • Pennsylvania German: Kuh
  • Vilamovian: kü
  • Yiddish: קו (ku)

References

• "kuo" in Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch (6th edition 2014)

Sudovian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *śwṓ, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ. Compare Lithuanian šuõ, Latvian suns, Old Prussian sunis.

For kuo instead of expected *suo / *szuo see:

• typo: aktis (also geptis)
• -k- : -s-/-š- alternation: Lithuanian šleĩvas : kleĩvas, šaũkti : kaũkti

Noun

kuo

1. (zoology) dog (originall Polish gloss: pios)

References

• Zigmas Zinkevičius (1985) “Lenkų-jotvingių žodynėlis? [A Polish-Yotvingian dictionary?]”, in Baltistica, volume 21, number 1 (in Lithuanian), Vilnius: VU, →DOI, page 74: “kuo ‘šuo, l. pios’ 152.”

Zou

Zou cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : kuo

Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *kua, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-kwa. Cognates include Hakka 九 (kiú) and Burmese ကိုး (kui:).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ku˧˥.o˧/

Numeral

kúo

1. nine

References

• Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 51