kou

kou

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kou"

Translingual

Symbol

kou

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Koke.

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Koke terms

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Hawaiian koubor.
English kou

    Borrowed from Hawaiian kou.

    Noun

    kou (uncountable)

    1. A tree of species Cordia subcordata.

    Chuukese

    Etymology

    Borrowed from English cow.

    Noun

    kou

    1. cow

    Dutch

    Etymology

    From older koude, from Middle Dutch coude, alteration (based on the adjective) of kelde, from Old Dutch *keldi, from Proto-West Germanic *kaldī. Cognate with German Kälte and English cold (noun).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /kɑu̯/
    • Audio:(file)
    • Hyphenation: kou
    • Rhymes: -ɑu̯
    • Homophones: kauw, kouw

    Noun

    kou f (uncountable, diminutive koutje n)

    1. cold (low temperature)
    2. cold (illness)
      Synonym: verkoudheid

    Alternative forms

    Derived terms

    Haitian Creole

    Pronunciation

    Etymology 1

    From French cou (“neck”).

    Noun

    kou

    1. neck

    Etymology 2

    From French coup.

    Noun

    kou

    1. blow, strike

    References

    • Targète, Jean; Urciolo, Raphael (1993), Haitian Creole-English Dictionary‎[1], Dunwoody Press, →ISBN, page 102

    Hawaiian

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈkou̯/, [ˈkow]

    Etymology 1

    From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *tou, from Proto-Polynesian *te-o-u (“second person singular possessive, o-class”). Cognate with Māori tōu.

    Determiner

    kou

    1. your second person singular, o-type

    See also

    Hawaiian possessive pronouns
    singular dual plural
    1st person koʻu, kaʻu
    kuʻu (affectionate, o- and a-type)     		ko māua, kā māua (exclusive)
    ko kāua, kā kāua (inclusive)     		ko mākou, kā mākou (exclusive)
    ko kākou, kā kākou (inclusive)
    2nd person kou, kāu
    kō (affectionate, o- and a-type)     		ko ʻolua, kā ʻolua ko ʻoukou, kā ʻoukou
    3rd person kona, kāna ko lāua, kā lāua ko lākou, kā lākou
    The o-type forms are used for possessions that are inherited, out of personal control, and for things that can be got into (houses, clothes, cars). The a-type forms are used for acquired possessions.

    Etymology 2

    From Proto-Polynesian *tou (“species of Cordia”), from Proto-Oceanic *koʀu (“Cordia subcordata”).

    Noun

    kou

    1. A tree of species Cordia subcordata, with wood highly valued for woodworking.

    Further reading

    Japanese

    Romanization

    kou

    1. Rōmaji transcription of こう

    Lindu

    Noun

    kou

    1. wood

    Mandarin

    Romanization

    kou

    1. nonstandard spelling of kōu
    2. nonstandard spelling of kǒu
    3. nonstandard spelling of kòu

    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.

    Mauritian Creole

    Alternative forms

    Etymology 1

    From French cou.

    Noun

    kou

    1. neck

    Etymology 2

    From French coup.

    Noun

    kou

    1. blow; strike
    Derived terms

    West Makian

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈko.u/

    Verb

    kou

    1. (intransitive) to break (of wood, etc.)

    Conjugation

    Conjugation of kou (action verb)
    singular plural
    inclusive exclusive
    1st person tokou mokou akou
    2nd person nokou fokou
    3rd person inanimate ikou dokou
    animate
    imperative nokou, kou fokou, kou

    References

    • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982), The Makian languages and their neighbours‎[2], Pacific linguistics

    Zou

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): [kóu̯]
    • Hyphenation: kou

    Pronoun

    kóu

    1. we (exclusive)

    References

    • Philip Thangliènmâng (2010), Minimal dictionary and Self-tutor Functional Grammar in Zo-English-Hindi, New Delhi: Zoculsin, →ISBN, page 131
    • Lukram Himmat Singh (2013), A Descriptive Grammar of Zou (PhD thesis), Canchipur: Manipur University, page 72
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