# 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 ||||
Extended conjugation of kē-ō suru "KOする" (Class: sa-gyō henkaku "s-irregular") :
| (See Appendix:Japanese verbs and Japanese conjugation) |||
| Ren’yōkei / Verb stem | KOし [kē-ō shi] | KOし [kē-ō shi] |
| Rentaikei / Attributive | KOする [kē-ō suru] | KOする [kē-ō suru] |
| | Positive | Negative |
| Conjunctive (te-form) | KOして [kē-ō shite] | KOしないで [kē-ō shinai de], KOしなくて [kē-ō shinakute] |
| Non-past / Imperfective |||
| | Positive | Negative |
| Plain | KOする [kē-ō suru] | KOしない [kē-ō shinai] |
| Polite | KOします [kē-ō shimasu] | KOしません [kē-ō shimasen] |
| Past / Perfective |||
| | Positive | Negative |
| Plain | KOした [kē-ō shita] | KOしなかった [kē-ō shinakatta] |
| Polite | KOしました [kē-ō shimashita] | KOしませんでした [kē-ō shimasen deshita] |
| Passive |||
| Verb stem | KOされ [kē-ō sare] | KOされ [kē-ō sare] |
| | Positive | Negative |
| Plain | KOされる [kē-ō sareru] | KOされない [kē-ō sarenai] |
| Polite | KOされます [kē-ō saremasu] | KOされません [kē-ō saremasen] |
| Past / Perfective | KOされた [kē-ō sareta] | KOされなかった [kē-ō sarenakatta] |
| Polite past / perfective | KOされました [kē-ō saremashita] | KOされませんでした [kē-ō saremasen deshita] |
| Causative |||
| Verb stem | KOさせ [kē-ō sase] | KOさせ [kē-ō sase] |
| | Positive | Negative |
| Plain | KOさせる [kē-ō saseru], short form: KOさす [kē-ō sasu] | KOさせない [kē-ō sasenai] |
| Polite | KOさせます [kē-ō sasemasu] | KOさせません [kē-ō sasemasen] |
| Past / Perfective | KOさせた [kē-ō saseta] | KOさせなかった [kē-ō sasenakatta] |
| Polite past / perfective | KOさせました [kē-ō sasemashita] | KOさせませんでした [kē-ō sasemasen deshita] |
| Potential |||
| Verb stem | KOでき [kē-ō deki] | KOでき [kē-ō deki] |
| | Positive | Negative |
| Plain | KOできる [kē-ō dekiru] | KOできない [kē-ō dekinai] |
| Polite | KOできます [kē-ō dekimasu] | KOできません [kē-ō dekimasen] |
| Past / Perfective | KOできた [kē-ō dekita] | KOできなかった [kē-ō dekinakatta] |
| Polite past / perfective | KOできました [kē-ō dekimashita] | KOできませんでした [kē-ō dekimasen deshita] |
| Imperative |||
| | Positive | Negative |
| Meireikei / Firm instruction | written: KOせよ [kē-ō seyo], spoken: KOしろ [kē-ō shiro] | prohibitive: KOするな [kē-ō suru na] |
| Polite | KOしてください [kē-ō shite kudasai] | KOしないでください [kē-ō shinai de kudasai] |
| -nasai form | KOしなさい [kē-ō shinasai] | — |
| Volitional / Presumptive |||
| | Positive | Negative |
| Plain | KOしよう [kē-ō shiyō] | — |
| Polite | KOしましょう [kē-ō shimashō] | — |
| Conditional |||
| | Positive | Negative |
| Hypothetical / Provisional | KOすれば [kē-ō sureba] | KOしなければ [kē-ō shinakereba], colloquial: KOしなきゃ [kē-ō shinakya] |
| -tara form | KOしたら [kē-ō shitara] | KOしなかったら [kē-ō shinakattara] |
| Causative passive |||
| Verb stem | KOさせられ [kē-ō saserare] | KOさせられ [kē-ō saserare] |
| | Positive | Negative |
| Plain | KOさせられる [kē-ō saserareru] | KOさせられない [kē-ō saserarenai] |
| Polite | KOさせられます [kē-ō saseraremasu] | KOさせられません [kē-ō saseraremasen] |
| Past / Perfective | KOさせられた [kē-ō saserareta] | KOさせられなかった [kē-ō saserarenakatta] |
| Polite past / perfective | KOさせられました [kē-ō saseraremashita] | KOさせられませんでした [kē-ō saseraremasen deshita] |
| Desiderative (-tai form) |||
| | Positive | Negative |
| Plain | KOしたい [kē-ō shitai] | KOしたくない [kē-ō shitaku nai] |
| | For other desiderative forms, see たい#Inflection. | For other desiderative forms, see たい#Inflection. |
| Progressive action and current state (-te iru form) |||
| | Positive | Negative |
| Plain | KOしている [kē-ō shite iru] contraction: KOしてる [kē-ō shiteru] | KOしていない [kē-ō shite inai] contraction: KOしてない [kē-ō shitenai] |
| Polite | KOしています [kē-ō shite imasu] | KOしていません [kē-ō shite imasen] |
| Past / Perfective | KOしていた [kē-ō shite ita] | KOしていなかった [kē-ō shite inakatta] |
| Polite past / perfective | KOしていました [kē-ō shite imashita] | KOしていませんでした [kē-ō shite imasen deshita] |
| Other forms and suffixes Negative continuative KOせず [kē-ō sezu] ¹ (〜に): without 〜ing Listing examples (-tari form) KOしたり [kē-ō shitari] ¹ Archaic form, now mostly used in set phrases, written language and formal speech. |||

### 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, […]