# KO
## English
### Etymology

Initialism of knock out. Initialism of kick-off.

### Noun

KO (plural KOs or KO's)
* (boxing) Abbreviation of knock out.
* (sports) Abbreviation of kick-off. - the time or manner of start of play

### Verb

KO (third-person singular simple present KOs or KO's, present participle KOing or KO'ing, simple past and past participle KOed or KO'd)
* (transitive, boxing) To knock someone out, to render someone unconscious.
    Joe KO'd the opposing boxer.
* (intransitive, sports) To start play.

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* O. K., OK, OK., Ok, Ok., ok

## Chinese
### Etymology

From English KO.

### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): kei$^1$ ou$^1$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: kei$^1$ ou$^1$
*** Yale: kēi ōu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: kei$^1$ ou$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: kéi$^1$ ou$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰei̯⁵⁵ ou̯⁵⁵/
* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some! Particularly: “Mandarin?”

### Verb

KO
* (transitive, informal) to finish

## Japanese
### Etymology

Borrowed from English KO.

### Noun

KO(ケーオー) • (kē-ō)
* (boxing) knockout

### Verb

KO(ケーオー)する • (kē-ō suru) suru (stem KO(ケーオー)し (kē-ō shi), past KO(ケーオー)した (kē-ō shita))
* (boxing) to knock out

#### Conjugation

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") :
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | KOし | ケーオーし | kē-ō shi |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | KOし | ケーオーし | kē-ō shi |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | KOする | ケーオーする | kē-ō suru |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | KOする | ケーオーする | kē-ō suru |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | KOすれ | ケーオーすれ | kē-ō sure |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | KOせよ¹ KOしろ² | ケーオーせよ¹ ケーオーしろ² | kē-ō seyo¹ kē-ō shiro² |
| Key constructions ||||
| Passive | KOされる | ケーオーされる | kē-ō sareru |
| Causative | KOさせる KOさす | ケーオーさせる ケーオーさす | kē-ō saseru kē-ō sasu |
| Potential | KOできる | ケーオーできる | kē-ō dekiru |
| Volitional | KOしよう | ケーオーしよう | kē-ō shiyō |
| Negative | KOしない | ケーオーしない | kē-ō shinai |
| Negative continuative | KOせず | ケーオーせず | kē-ō sezu |
| Formal | KOします | ケーオーします | kē-ō shimasu |
| Perfective | KOした | ケーオーした | kē-ō shita |
| Conjunctive | KOして | ケーオーして | kē-ō shite |
| Hypothetical conditional | KOすれば | ケーオーすれば | kē-ō sureba |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ||||

### References

* “KO”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
* “KO” in Weblio Dictionary.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from English KO

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˌkeˈɔ/, /ˌkeˈo/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˌkeˈɔ/

### Adjective

KO m or f (plural KOs)
* unconscious
    Ele tomou dois shots e ficou logo KO. ― He drank two shots and lost his consciousness.

### Noun

KO m (plural KOs)
* (sports) KO, knockout
    A luta acabou com um KO em poucos segundos. ― The fight ended with a KO in a few seconds.

## Swedish
### Proper noun

KO c (genitive KO:s)
* Abbreviation of Konsumentombudsmannen (“The Consumer Ombudsman”); a konsumentombudsman (“consumer ombudsman”).
** 2023 December 8, Sara Johansson, “KO söker praxis – för bedrägeridrabbads talan mot Nordea [CO seeks precedent – on behalf of fraud victims' claims against Nordea]”, in Dagens Juridik:I och med den nya stämningen ska domstolen, enligt KO, pröva om banken i sin egenskap av avtalspart till den drabbade konsumenten har gjort vad som ankommer på banken för att skydda konsumentens pengar.With the new lawsuit, the court is to assess, according to the Consumer Ombudsman, whether the bank, in its capacity as a contracting party to the affected consumer, has fulfilled its obligations to protect the consumer's money.
** 2024 April 25, Erik Söderholm, “DNB svarar på kritiken: ”Mycket förvånade” [DNB responds to the criticism: “Very surprised”]”, in Vi Bilägare:Men DNB håller inte alls med om KO:s bedömning, uppger bankens presskontakt […]However, DNB does not agree at all with the Consumer Ombudsman’s assessment, according to the bank's press contact, […]