# ku
## Translingual
### Symbol

ku
* (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Kurdish.

## Afar
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈku/ [ˈkʊ]

### Determiner

kú
* thy, your

#### See also
### References

* E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “ku”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
* Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

## Ainu
### Etymology 1
#### Alternative forms

* (Saru, before vowels) k

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ku]

#### Pronoun

ku= (Kana spelling ク)
* I (first-person singular subject pronoun)

##### Usage notes

Used before verbs and adjectives to express the first person. When isolated, kuani is used. They can also be used together, thus:
    Kuani ku=arpa wa ku=ye. ― I will go and tell him.

#### See also

1. Saru dialect

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ku]

#### Verb

ku (Kana spelling ク)
* to drink

##### Derived terms

* iku (“to drink strong drink”)

#### See also

* e (“to eat”)

## Albanian
### Alternative forms

* (Gheg) kû, kûn, kûh, ka, kah

### Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *ku, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷu (“where”). Cognate to Proto-Baltic *kur (“where”) (Lithuanian kur̃ (“where”), kur (“where”), Latvian kur), Proto-Slavic *kъde (“where”) (Old Church Slavonic къде (kŭde, “where”), Russian где (gde)) and Sanskrit कुह (kúha, “where”) (cf. also Sanskrit कू (kū́, “where”), Avestan 𐬐𐬎𐬛𐬁 (kudā), 𐬐𐬏 (kū)).
See also Albanian kur (“when”).

### Adverb

ku
* where (asking about a place, where or towards which direction)
    Ku po shkon? ― Where are you going?
* where ... at
    Ku je? ― Where (are) you at?
* whither, whereto
* whence, where from
* how (to/that)
    Synonym: si (qysh (Gheg))
    Ku e din ai? ― How does he (want to) know that?
    Ku më dit unë? ― How do I know that? (Gheg)
* where, whither; there, thither (used to connect repetitive verbs; indicating location, direction)

### Particle

ku
* where (used for rhetorical questions)
* where to where whither (used repeatedly, to accentuate significant differences between two objects)

#### Related terms

* kudo (“wherever”)
* diku (“somewhere”)
* kudo (“anywhere”)
* kudoqoftë (“anywhere”)
* askund (“nowhere”), askundi (“id”)
* ndokund (“somewhere”)
* gjëkund (“nowhere”), gjëkund (“id”)
* asgjëkund (“nowhere”), asgjëkundi (“id”)
* kurrkund (“nowhere”)
* kur (“when”)
* këtu (“here”)
* kah m (“direction”), kahu m (“id”)
* (Gheg) këtû, qaty

#### See also

* (interrogative pronouns)
** (nominative) kush (“who”)
** (accusative) kë (“whom”), (kënd (“id”))
** (dative, ablative, genitive) kujt (kuj)

#### References

* ↑ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “ku”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 207
* ↑ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “ku”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 206.

#### Further reading

* adverb/particle ku (where) • Fjalor Shqip (Albanian Dictionary)
* Oda Buchholz, Wilfried Fiedler, Gerda Uhlisch (2000) “adverb/particle ku I, II (where, whither, whereto)”, in Langenscheidt Handwörterbuch Albanisch, Langenscheidt Verlag, →ISBN, page 256
* Martin Camaj (1984) “'ku' (where) (and other relatives)”, in Albanian grammar: with exercises, chrestomathy and glossaries, Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, Wiesbaden, →ISBN, pages 66, 92

## Anguthimri
### Noun

ku
* (Mpakwithi) tree
* (Mpakwithi) wood
* (Mpakwithi) stick

### References

* Terry Crowley, The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 186

## Bambara
### Noun

ku
* tail
* yam

#### Derived terms

* bananku
* kukara
* masaku

## Basque
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ku/, [ku]

### Noun

ku inan
* The name of the Latin-script letter Q/q.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letter names) a, be, ze, de, e, efe, ge, hatxe, i, jota, ka, ele, eme, ene, eñe, o, pe, ku, erre, ese, te, u, uve, uve bikoitz, ixa, i greko, zeta

## Bura
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [kú]

### Noun

ku
* hole

### References

* 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

## Czech
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъ(n).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈku]
* Audio:(file)

### Preposition

ku
* (informal) to (in the direction of, and arriving at)
    Synonyms: k, ke

### Further reading

* “ku”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “ku”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

## Esperanto
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ku]
* Hyphenation: ku

### Noun

ku
* Alternative form of kuo

## Ewe
### Verb

kuku
* to die

## Faroese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin kū.

### Noun

ku n (genitive singular kus, plural ku)
* The name of the Latin-script letter Q/q.

#### Declension
## Finnish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈku(ˣ)/, [ˈku(ʔ)]
* Rhymes: -u
* Hyphenation: ku

### Conjunction

ku (colloquial)
* Alternative form of kun
    Se ilmesty antamaan ohjeita ku mä olin jo saanu työn valmiiks.He showed up to give instructions when I had already finished the job.
* Alternative form of kuin

### Particle

ku (colloquial)
* Alternative form of kuin
    Risto oli puhunu Pekan kaa useemmin ku (mitä) päiväkirja antaa ymmärtää.Risto had been talking with Pekka more often than the diary lets one understand.

## French
### Alternative forms

* cu (much less common)
* qu (less common)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ky/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -y
* Homophones: cul, culs, cu, cus, kus, qu, qus

### Noun

ku m (plural kus)
* cue, The name of the Latin-script letter Q/q.

## Guinea-Bissau Creole
### Etymology 1

From Portuguese quando. Cognate with Kabuverdianu kantu.

#### Pronoun

ku
* when

### Etymology 2

From Portuguese com. Cognate with Kabuverdianu ku.

#### Preposition

ku
* with

## Gun
### Alternative forms

* okú

### Etymology

From Proto-Gbe *kú. Cognates include Fon kú, Xwela Gbe nku, Adja kú (v.), Adja eku (n.), Saxwe Gbe kú (v.), Saxwe Gbe okú (n.), Ewe ku (v.), Ewe eku (n.), Yoruba kú (v.), Yoruba ikú (n.)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kú/

### Noun

kú (plural kú lɛ́ or kú lẹ́)
* death

#### Derived terms

* fɔ́nsɔ́nkú (“resurrection”)
* fọ́nsọ́nkú (“resurrection”)

### Verb

kú
* to die

## Ifè
### Etymology

Proposed to derive from Proto-Yoruboid *kú or Proto-Yoruboid *kpú. Cognates are extensive throughout many different branches of Niger-Congo. Cognate with Igala kwú, Tiv *kpe, Ibibio *kpa, Proto-Jukunoid *kwu-, Ewe *kuku and Awing *kfu (from Proto-Grassfields *kÚ(a)).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kú/

### Verb

kú
* to die

## Indonesian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ku/

### Etymology 1
#### Pronoun

ku
* Aphetic form of aku
* (text messaging, informal) Alternative spelling of -ku.

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Min Nan 龜／龟 (ku, “turtle; tortoise”).

#### Noun

ku
* (cooking) Ang ku kueh: a small round or oval-shaped Chinese sweet dumpling with soft, sticky glutinous rice flour skin wrapped around a sweet central filling.

### Etymology 3

Unadapted borrowing from Japanese 區(く) (ku, “ward, section, district”). Romanised according modified Kunrei-shiki romanization.

#### Noun

ku
* (historical, 1942-1945) Synonym of desa (“village”)

### Further reading

* “ku” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Ingrian
### Alternative forms

* ko

### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *ku, from Proto-Uralic *ku-. Akin to Finnish kun and Estonian kui.

### Pronunciation

* (Ala-Laukaa) IPA: /ˈku/, [ˈku]
* (Soikkola) IPA: /ˈku/, [ˈku]
* Rhymes: -u
* Hyphenation: ku

### Conjunction

ku
* than
** 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 4:Laukaal monikkaat äänet saotaa toiseel viisii, ku Soikkolas, sannoin painutos, sklonenja, Laukaal ono vähä toisenlaajain, ja Laukaal ono sanoja, kumpa Soikkolaas ei oo, tali kummat Soikkolaas merkitsööt toista assiaa, ku Laukaal.In the Lower Luga dialect some sounds are pronounced in a different way, than in the Soikkola dialect, the inflection, declension of words, is a little different in Lower Luga, and Lower Luga has words, that aren't in Soikkola, or that in Soikkola mean different things, than in Lower Luga.
* like, how, to
** 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 6:Miä muissin, kui möö hulkuimma metsää mööt, yhenlain ku sokkiat, ja nyt kovin meinaisin oppihussa löytämää teetä, samalviittää kui pioneerat.I remembered, how we wandered along the forest, similar to blind people, and now I really decided to learn to find the way, just like the pioneers.

#### Derived terms

* ku vaa

### References

* Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 210

## Japanese
### Romanization

ku
* The hiragana syllable く (ku) or the katakana syllable ク (ku) in Hepburn romanization.

## Javanese
### Etymology 1

Shortened form of aku, from Old Javanese aku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aku, from Proto-Austronesian *aku.

#### Pronoun

ku (personal pronoun, informal)
* I (personal pronoun)
* me (direct object of a verb)
* me (object of a preposition)
* me (indirect object of a verb)
* my (belonging to me)

### Etymology 2

Clipping of iku

#### Determiner

ku
* that, those

## Jingpho
### Etymology

Borrowed from Burmese ကူး (ku:).

### Verb

ku
* to copy

### References

* Kurabe, Keita (2016 December 31) “Phonology of Burmese loanwords in Jinghpaw”, in Kyoto University Linguistic Research‎, volume 35, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 91–128

## Kabuverdianu
### Etymology

From Portuguese com.

### Preposition

ku
* with

## Karelian

Regional variants of ku :
| North Karelian (Viena) | ku |
| South Karelian (Tver) | ku |

### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *ku. Cognates include Finnish ku-.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈku/
* Hyphenation: ku

### Determiner

ku
* (interrogative) what? which?

### Pronoun

ku
* (relative) which

#### Declension
### References

* A. V. Punzhina (1994) “ku”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
* P. Zaykov, L. Rugoyeva (1999) “ku”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN

## Latin
### Alternative forms

* cū

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /kuː/, [kuː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ku/, [kuː]

### Noun

kū f (indeclinable)
* The name of the letter Q.

#### Coordinate terms

* (Latin-script letter names) littera; ā, bē, cē, dē, ē, ef, gē, hā / *acca, ī, kā, el, em, en, ō, pē, kū, er, es, tē, ū, ix / īx / ex, ȳ / ī graeca / ȳpsīlon, zēta

### References

* Arthur E. Gordon, The Letter Names of the Latin Alphabet (University of California Press, 1973; volume 9 of University of California Publications: Classical Studies), part III: “Summary of the Ancient Evidence”, page 32 Clearly there is no question or doubt about the names of the vowels A, E, I, O, U. They are simply long A, long E, etc. (ā, ē, ī, ō, ū). Nor is there any uncertainty with respect to the six mutes B, C, D, G, P, T. Their names are bē, cē, dē, gē, pē, tē (each with a long E). Or about H, K, and Q: they are hā, kā, kū — each, again, with a long vowel sound.

## Livonian
### Alternative forms

* kui (Courland)

### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *ku, from Proto-Uralic *ku- ~ *ko-. Related to Estonian kuidas and Finnish kuinka. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

### Pronoun

ku
* how

## Lower Sorbian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ku/

### Preposition

ku [with dative]
* Alternative form of k (used before ch, g, and k)

## Malay
### Alternative forms

* aku, daku

### Etymology

Shortened form of aku, from Proto-Malayic *aku, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *aku, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *aku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aku, from Proto-Austronesian *aku.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ku/
* Rhymes: -ku, -u

### Pronoun

ku (Jawi spelling کو) (informal)
* I (personal pronoun)
    Kutahu.I know.
* me (direct object of a verb)
    Dia mengenaliku.He knows me.
* me (object of a preposition)
    Dia pergi denganku.He went with me.
* me (indirect object of a verb)
* my (belonging to me)
    Ini barangku.This is my stuff.

#### Derived terms

* ku-
* -ku

### See also
## Mandarin
### Romanization

ku
* Nonstandard spelling of kū.
* Nonstandard spelling of kǔ.
* Nonstandard spelling of kù.

#### 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
### Noun

ku
* Alternative spelling of kou

## Middle English
### Noun

ku
* Alternative form of cou

## Musi
### Alternative forms

* aku

### Pronoun

ku
* I (personal pronoun)
    Ku ngenjoq sén dié agaitangi. (Sekayu) ― I gave him/her money yesterday.
* me (direct object of a verb)
    Naméq nga daq ngendaq ku? (Sekayu) ― Why you didn't invite me?
* me (object of a preposition)
* me (indirect object of a verb)
* my (belonging to me)

## Northern Kurdish
### Conjunction

ku
* that (connecting noun clause, introducing the result of the main clause)
    Min bihîst ku ew pir dewlemend e.I heard that he is very rich.
* implied that (where it is grammatically necessary)
    Min tutişt tune ku bidim.I have nothing to give. OR I have nothing that I give.

### Pronoun

ku
* which, that (of those mentioned or implied)
    Dîmenderparêzên ku ekranê diguherînin bi kar bîne.Use screen savers that manipulate the screen.

### Derived terms

* da ku, ji ber ku

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Old West Norse kýr (accusative singular kú), from Proto-Germanic *kōz.

### Noun

ku f or m (definite singular kua or kuen, indefinite plural kyr or kuer, definite plural kyrne or kuene)
* a cow

#### Usage notes

* One of the nouns whose feminine form is predominant in formal writing.

#### Derived terms

* kugalskap
* kumelk
* melkeku, mjølkeku

### References

* “ku” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kʉː/

### Etymology 1

From Old West Norse kýr (accusative singular kú), from Proto-Germanic *kōz.

#### Noun

ku f (definite singular kua, indefinite plural kyr, definite plural kyrne)
* cow
    Det går eit par kyr i beitet og beitar.There are a couple of cows grazing in the pasture.

##### Derived terms

* kugalskap
* mjølkeku

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

ku
* imperative of kua

### Further reading

* “ku” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old Polish
### Alternative forms

* k

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъ(n). First attested in the first half of the 14th century.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (10th–15th CE) /ku/
* IPA: (15th CE) /ku/

### Preposition

ku [with dative]
* denotes allative movement; to, toward
    Synonym: do
* used datively, used to indicate the target or recipient of an action; to
* until
    Synonym: do
* for, benefitting
    Synonyms: dla, przed
* because of
    Synonym: dla
* in relation to, in terms of
* in terms of accompanying circumstances; at
** 1950 [1446], Władysław Kuraszkiewicz, Adam Wolff, editors, Zapiski i roty polskie XV-XVI wieku z ksiąg sądowych ziemi warszawskiej, number 591, Warsaw:Jacom ya byl ku temu yednanyu natenczasz, yakom smowil sz Janem[Jakom ja był ku temu jednaniu natenczas, jakom smowił z Janem]

#### Descendants

* Polish: ku, k (Middle Polish), pu (Kuyavia, Near Masovian)
* Silesian: ku

### References

* B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “ku”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

## Papiamentu
### Etymology 1

From Portuguese com and Spanish con and Kabuverdianu ku.

#### Conjunction

ku
* with
* plus
* and

### Etymology 2

From earlier Papiamentu ki with the same meaning, from Portuguese que and Spanish que and Kabuverdianu ki.

#### Adverb

ku
* than
* that
* which

## Pnar
### Etymology

From Proto-Khasian *kuː. Cognate with Khasi kiew and Proto-Khmuic *gaːw (“to climb”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ku/

### Verb

ku
* to climb

## Polish
### Alternative forms

* k (Middle Polish)
* pu (Kuyavia, Near Masovian)

### Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish ku.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈku/
* (Middle Polish) IPA: /ˈku/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -u
* Syllabification: ku

### Preposition

ku [with dative]
* denotes allative movement; to, toward
* denotes dative action, used to indicate the target or recipient of an action; to
* (literary) for, benefitting
    Synonym: dla
* used to indicate a resulting feeling or emotion; to
    ku mojemu zaskoczeniu ― to my surprise

### See also

* do

### Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), ku is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 23 times in scientific texts, 9 times in news, 12 times in essays, 41 times in fiction, and 13 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 98 times, making it the 639th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.

### References

* ↑ Ida Kurcz (1990) “ku”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 207

### Further reading

* ku in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* ku in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “ku, k”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
* “KU”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 2018 June 28
* Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “ku”, in Słownik języka polskiego
* Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “ku”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
* J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1902), “ku, k”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page 615

## Silesian
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish ku.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈku/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -u
* Syllabification: ku

### Preposition

ku [with dative]
* denotes allative movement; to, toward
    Synonym: do
    Antonym: ôd
* used datively, used to indicate the target or recipient of an action; to
    Synonym: do
    Antonym: ôd

### Further reading

* ku in dykcjonorz.eu
* ku in silling.org

## Sumerian
### Romanization

ku
* Romanization of 𒆪 (ku)

## Talysh
### Etymology

Cognate with Persian کور (kur).

### Adjective

ku
* blind

## Tat
### Etymology

Cognate with Persian کوه (kuh).

### Noun

ku
* mountain

## Ter Sami
### Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *ki, the same root from which the Finnish ken is derived.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ku/

### Pronoun

ku
* who

#### Further reading

* Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

## Tocharian A
### Etymology

From Proto-Tocharian *ku, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ (“dog”). Compare Tocharian B ku, Latin canis, Old Irish cú, Old English hund.

### Noun

ku m
* dog

## Tocharian B
### Etymology

From Proto-Tocharian *ku, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ (“dog”). Compare Tocharian A ku, Latin canis, Old Irish cú, Old English hund.

### Noun

ku m
* dog

### Further reading

* Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “ku”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 190

## Tsonga
### Particle

ku
* to
    Ku ba ndlopfu hi xibakele. ― To hit an elephant with a fist.

### References

* "ku" in Xitsonga Dictionary

## Unami
### Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *-w (negative particle).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ku]

### Adverb

ku
* not

## Veps
### Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Conjunction

ku
* if
* when
* than (in comparisons)

##### Synonyms

* (than): mi

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Finnic *kuu, from Proto-Uralic *kuŋe.

#### Noun

ku
* moon
* month

##### Derived terms

* eloku
* heinku
* kezaku
* keväz'ku
* kulehtez
* kül'mku
* reduku
* semendku
* sulaku
* sügüz'ku
* tal'vku
* uhoku
* uz'ku
* viluku

### References

* Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “если, месяц, когда, раз, чем”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika

## Votic
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Finnish kun and Ingrian ku.

### Pronunciation

* (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA: /ˈku/, [ˈku]
* Rhymes: -u
* Hyphenation: ku

### Conjunction

ku
* (relative) when
* if
* than (in comparisons)
* that

### Adverb

ku
* how (in expressions of wonder)

### References

* Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “ku”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn

## Wakhi
### Pronoun

ku
* who

## Xârâcùù
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ku]

### Noun

ku
* yam

## Yoruba
### Etymology 1

Proposed to derive from Proto-Yoruboid *kú or Proto-Yoruboid *kpú. Cognates are extensive throughout many different branches of Niger-Congo. Cognate with Igala kwú, Tiv *kpe, Ibibio *kpa, Proto-Jukunoid *kwu-, Ewe *kuku and Awing *kfu (from Proto-Grassfields *kÚ(a)).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kú/

#### Verb

kú
* to die
    Ọ̀pọ̀ ló kú nínú ìjàǹbá yẹn ― Many died in that accident
    Fóònù mi ti fẹ́ kú nísìnyí, màá pè yín padà o ― My phone's about to die now, I'll call you back

##### Synonyms

* dágbére fáyé (literally “to bid farewell to earth”)
* filẹ̀ ṣaṣọ bora (literally “to use the ground as a blanket”)
* gbèkuru jẹ lọ́wọ́ ẹbọra
* jáde láyé (literally “to leave the world”)
* papòdà (literally “to change position”)
* rọ̀run (literally “to go to heaven”)
* rèwàlẹ̀ àṣà
* ṣaláìsí (literally “to cease from existing”)
* ta téru nípàá
* tẹ́rí gbaṣọ (literally “to bow and accept to cloth”)
* wọ káà ilẹ̀ lọ (literally “to enter the hole in the ground”)
* wàjà (“to enter the ceiling”)

##### Derived terms

* ikú (“death”)
* àìkú (“immortality”)
* òkú (“corpse”)

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kù/

#### Verb

kù
* to remain
    Ó ku oṣù mẹ́ta kí n padà lọ ― There're three months left until I go back

##### Derived terms

* yòókù (“remainder, rest, others”)
* àfọ́kù (“remains; shards”)
* àgékù (“remainder after a cut”)
* àjẹkù (“leftovers”)
* àkẹ̀kù (“fossil”)
* àkékù
* àlòkù (“secondhand; leftover waste”)
* àmukù (“(cigarette) butt”)
* àṣẹ́kù (“ruins”)
* ìdínkù (“decrease; decline”)
* ìyòókù (“remainder, rest, others”)