ку

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See also: кю and қу

Adyghe[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Letter[edit]

ку (kʷu) (lower case, upper case Ку)

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

See also[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Compare Kabardian гу (gʷu).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [kʷə]
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

ку (kʷu)

  1. carriage
  2. cart
  3. wagon
Declension[edit]
Synonyms[edit]

Chuvash[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Volga Bulgar ك.

Determiner[edit]

ку (ku)

  1. this

Further reading[edit]

  • ку”, in Электронлă сăмахсар[1] (overall work in Russian and Chuvash), 1996.

Kabardian[edit]

Letter[edit]

ку (kʷu) (lower case, upper case Ку)

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

See also[edit]

Komi-Permyak[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From a Permic *kud.

Noun[edit]

ку (ku)

  1. leather
  2. hide

Macedonian[edit]

Noun[edit]

ку (kun

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

Mator[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

ку (transliteration needed)

  1. birch

References[edit]

Omok[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Perhaps related to Proto-Uralic *kume.

Noun[edit]

ку (ku)

  1. snow

References[edit]

  • 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[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ку (kun inan (indeclinable)

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

Udmurt[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈku]
  • Rhymes: -u
  • Hyphenation: ку

Etymology 1[edit]

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[edit]

ку (ku)

  1. skin, leather, fur, hide
Declension[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

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

Adverb[edit]

ку (ku)

  1. when

Conjunction[edit]

ку (ku)

  1. when
Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • 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[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

ку (ku)

  1. where