# ko
## Translingual
### Symbol

ko
* (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Korean.

### See also

* Wiktionary’s coverage of Korean terms

## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 劫 (kō).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkəʊ/
* Rhymes: -əʊ
* Homophone: Co.

### Noun

ko (plural ko)
* (go) A local shape to which the ko rule applies; a ko shape.
    Black gets an easy game by just filling the ko.
* (go) ko fight
    Black wins the ko easily.
* (go) a stone in a ko in atari, a ko stone
    Black recaptures the ko and white has to find another ko threat.

#### Derived terms

* hanami ko
* ko fight
* ko threat
* ten thousand year ko

#### Translations
### Anagrams

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

## Afar
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈko/ [ˈkɔ]

### Pronoun

kó
* thee, you
** Saytun Qhuraan kee kay maqnah tarjamaty Qafar afal tani [The clear Qur'an and its explanation translated into the Afar language]‎, Suurat Al-Faatica, verse 5:Diggah nanu Ni Rabbow koo inkittosnaah Qibaada dibuk koo caglisna, nanu ni-caagiidah inkih cato koo esserra.Our God, with strength we make you whole, only you we give [our] adoration, we as one ask you for help with our afairs.

#### Usage notes

* The form kóo is used when the pronoun isn't followed by a clitic.

#### See also
### References

* E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “ko”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN

## Äiwoo
### Verb

ko
* to lie down

### References

* Ross, M. & Næss, Å. (2007) “An Oceanic origin for Äiwoo, the language of the Reef Islands?”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 46, number 2. Cited in: "Äiwoo" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.

## Bambara
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [kò]

#### Verb

ko
* to say

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [kó]

#### Verb

ko
* to wash

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [kò]

#### Noun

ko
* affair, event, matter

### References

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

## Bikol Central
### Pronunciation

IPA: /ko/

### Pronoun

ko
* by me
    Sinalo ko an bola. ― The ball was caught by me.
* of me
    An harong ko. ― My house.
* me
    Sa taas ko. ― Above me.

## Boko
### Etymology

Cognate with Bokobaru koo

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kō/

### Noun

ko
* chicken

#### Derived terms

* koda (“hen”)
* kosa (“rooster”)

## Buginese
### Pronoun

ko
* (Sinjai) you, your, yours (casual)

## Cebuano
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ko/ [ko]

### Etymology 1

Clipping of ako.

#### Pronoun

ko (Badlit spelling ᜃᜓ)
* short form of ako (“1st person singular subject”)

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *-ku, from Proto-Austronesian *-ku.

#### Pronoun

ko (Badlit spelling ᜃᜓ)
* (uncommon, literary) my, mine, by me (object of verb; possessive marker)
    Synonyms: nako, akò

##### Usage notes

* In colloquial Cebuano, ko is generally used and understood as a subject (direct) marked pronoun, as a clipping of ako. Its use as the object (indirect) is virtually limited to literary works such as the Bible and in some dialects where there is some influence from Tagalog, which solely uses its ko in the object (indirect) position and as a possessive pronoun.
    (general, colloquial): anak ko ― I am a child
    (literary, dialectal): anak ko ― my child

### See also

$^1$ Forms in this column are placed after the verb or predicate they modify, and never used at the start of sentences. $^2$ Forms in this column are literary and rarely used colloquially. $^3$ Ta is used over nako or ko where the object is a second-person singular pronoun.

## Danish
### Etymology

From Old Norse *kōʀ (east), kýr (west), from Proto-Germanic *kōz.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /koːˀ/, [ˈkʰoˀ]

### Noun

ko c (singular definite koen, plural indefinite køer)
* cow

#### Declension
### References

* “ko” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Esperanto
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ko]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: ko

### Noun

ko (accusative singular ko-on, plural ko-oj, accusative plural ko-ojn)
* The name of the Latin-script letter K/k.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letter names) litero; a, bo, co, ĉo, do, e, fo, go, ĝo, ho, ĥo, i, jo, ĵo, ko, lo, mo, no, o, po, ro, so, ŝo, to, u, ŭo, vo, zo

## Ewe
### Verb

ko
* to laugh

## Finnish
### Alternative forms

* ku
* kö

### Etymology

Related to kuka, kun, kuin.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈko/, [ˈko̞]
* Rhymes: -o
* Hyphenation: ko

### Conjunction

ko (dialectal)
* Alternative form of kun.
* Alternative form of kuin.
* Synonym of koska.

#### Usage notes

In some dialects, ko has become unstressed, subjecting it to vowel harmony and leading to the form kö after front-vowelic words.

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ki.lo.ɔk.tɛ/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

ko m (plural ko)
* Abbreviation of kilooctet (kilobyte)

## Fula
### Suffix

ko
* Noun class indicator for nouns (singular)

#### Usage notes

* Common to all varieties of Fula (Fulfulde / Pulaar / Pular).

### Article

ko
* (definite) the (when it follows the noun)
    ñayko ko ― the thatch

#### Usage notes

* Common to all varieties of Fula (Fulfulde / Pulaar / Pular).

### Determiner

ko
* (used in indicating something)
    ko ñayko ― this/that thatch

#### Usage notes

* Common to all varieties of Fula (Fulfulde / Pulaar / Pular).

## Gagauz

| Cyrillic | Cyrillic | ко |

### Alternative forms

* co (pre-1950's spelling)

### Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish قو (qo, “put! let go!”), imperative of قومق (qomaq, “to put”), from Proto-Turkic *ko-.

### Etymology

* IPA: /ˈko/

### Conjunction

ko
* indicates desire, may, let
    ko ayozlasın Allaa seni! ― may god bless you
    ko herzaman olsun güneş! ― may the sun always shine
    ko yaşasın halkımız! ― long live our people!

#### Related terms

* koymaa

### Further reading

* N. A Baskakov, editor (1972), “ko”, in Gagauzsko-Russko-Moldavskij Slovarʹ [Gagauz-Russian-Moldovan Dictionary], Moskva: Izdatelʹstvo Sovetskaja Enciklopedija, →ISBN, page 272
* Ciachir, Mihail (1938) “co”, in Dicționar gagauzo (tiurco)–român pentru gagauzii din Basarabia (in Romanian), Chișinău, page 34

## Guanano
### Noun

ko
* water
* medicine
* relative, fellow Kotiria

### References

* Kristine Stenzel, A Reference Grammar of Kotiria (Wanano)

## Guaraní
### Determiner

ko
* this

## Hawaiian
### Alternative forms

* kō

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ko/

### Preposition

ko
* of, belonging to first part of possessive constructions, o-type
    ko mākou hale ― our house
    ko ke kumu kaʻa ― the teacher's car

#### See also
## Hokkien

* For pronunciation and definitions of ko – see 高 (“tall; high; of high level; above average; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 高).
* For pronunciation and definitions of ko – see 膏 (“fat; grease; oil; fatty; oily; rich; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 膏).

## Indonesian
### Pronoun

ko
* (Java, informal) Second-person singular pronoun: you, your, yours

#### Synonyms

Indonesian informal second-person pronouns:
* anta (informal, mainly used by Muslim community)
* antum (informal, mainly used by Muslim community)
* coen (slang, East Java)
* ente (informal, mainly used by Betawi ethnic group)
* kamu (intimate)
* ko, kowe (informal, Java)
* kon, koen (colloquial, East Java)
* lu, lo, loe, elu (informal, mainly used by Betawi ethnic group)
* mika, mike (informal, Eastern Sumatra)

## Ingrian
### Pronunciation

* (Ala-Laukaa) IPA: /ˈko/, [ˈko̞]
* (Soikkola) IPA: /ˈko/, [ˈko̞]
* Rhymes: -o
* Hyphenation: ko

### Conjunction

ko
* Alternative form of ku
** 2008, “Läkkäämmä omal viisii [We're speaking [our] own way]”, in Inkeri‎, volume 4, number 69, St. Petersburg, page 12:Se oli ko hää ei mahtant vennäheks läätä.That was how she couldn't speak Russian.

### References

* Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 178

## Japanese
### Romanization

ko
* The hiragana syllable こ (ko) or the katakana syllable コ (ko) in Hepburn romanization.

## Kalasha
### Adverb

ko
* why

### Interjection

ko
* why

### Noun

ko
* why

## Kamta
### Etymology

From Sanskrit কথযতি (katháyati). Cognate with Assamese ক (ko), Sylheti ꠇꠅꠀ (xooa), Bengali কওয়া (koōẇa), Hindustani कहना (kahnā) / کہنا (kahnā).

### Verb

ko
* say
* tell
    Oĩ mök koisil. ― He told me
* speak
    kotha ko ― speak

#### Conjugation
## Karelian
### Particle

ko
* like, as

## Kirikiri
### Noun

ko
* woman

### Further reading

Bill Palmer, The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area (→ISBN, 2017), page 531, table 95, Comparative basic vocabulary in Lakes Plain Languages

## Latvian
### Pronoun

ko (interrogative)
* accusative of kas: what, who
    ko tu gribi apskatīt? ― what would you like to see?

### Pronoun

ko (relative)
* accusative of kas: that
    teksts, ko tu lasi ― the text that you're reading
* accusative of kas: what, who
    tas ir tas, ko es domāju ― that is what I mean
* accusative of kas: which

### Interjection

ko
* sorry?
* pardon?
* what?

## Lithuanian
### Pronoun

ko
* genitive of kas
    Ko tu nori? ― What do you want?

#### Usage notes

The word ko is the non-possessive genitive.
For the possessive genitive ("whose?") of kas, see kieno.

### Further reading

* “ko”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2025
* Vytautas Ambrazas (2006) Lithuanian Grammar, 2nd revised edition, pages 186, 193

## Maaka
### Noun

ko
* head

### References

* Russell G. Schuh, Maka Wordlist, p. 6

## Maori
### Particle

ko
* Placed at the beginning of nominative phrases to signify that they are declarative

## Mapudungun
### Noun

ko (Raguileo spelling)
* water

### References

* Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.
* Estudios de lengua y cultura amerindias II (1998) (spells it có)

## Norman
### Alternative forms

* co (Jersey, Guernsey, Normandy)

### Etymology

From Old French col, from Latin collum (“neck”).

### Noun

ko m (plural kos)
* (Sark, anatomy) neck

## Nyishi
### Alternative forms

* ku

### Etymology

From Proto-Tani *koː.

### Noun

ko
* child
* son

#### References

* P. T. Abraham (2005) A Grammar of Nyishi Language‎, Delhi: Farsight Publishers and Distributors

## Nǀuu
### Verb

ko
* to be other, to be another
    Synonym: ǂâa
    ǂoo ke ǃʻhoeʻin mari ng ǂoo a koThe man asks the other man for money
    ǂoo ke ǃauka ng ǂoo a ko.The man is afraid of the other man.

### References

* Güldemann, Tom and Ernszt, Martina and Siegmund, Sven and Witzlack-Makarevich, Alena. 2010.0. A Text documentation of Nǀuu.
* Ernszt, Martina & Güldemann, Tom & Witzlack-Makarevich, Alena. (2015). "Valency in Nǁng.

## Old Javanese
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)kahu, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)kaSu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ko/
* Rhymes: -ko
* Hyphenation: ko

### Pronoun

ko
* you

#### Alternative forms

* kwa

### References

* "ko" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

## Old Norse
### Etymology

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

### Noun

ko ?
* (East dialect) cow

#### See also

* kýr

### Further reading

* Wikipedia article Old Norse language

## Old Saxon
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *kō (“cow”).

### Noun

kō f
* cow

#### Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

#### Descendants

* Middle Low German: kô, ko, koo, kou, koe, koh, koy, ku
** German Low German: Koh, Kauh, Ko, Koo, Kuh
** Plautdietsch: Koo

#### References

Köbler, Gerhard, Altsächsisches Wörterbuch (5th edition 2014)

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* 𑀓𑁄 (Brahmi script)
* को (Devanagari script)
* কো (Bengali script)
* කො (Sinhalese script)
* ကော or ၵေႃ (Burmese script)
* โก (Thai script)
* ᨠᩮᩣ (Tai Tham script)
* ໂກ (Lao script)
* កោ (Khmer script)
* 𑄇𑄮 (Chakma script)

### Pronoun

ko
* masculine nominative singular of ka

## Rapa Nui
### Interjection

ko
* exclamation suggesting a personal reaction

#### Usage notes

For non-personal judgment, consider using ka.

### Particle

ko
* particle prefixed to names as a determinative

## Rawa
### Adverb

ko
* again

### References

* Norma Toland, Donald Toland, Reference Grammar of the Karo/Rawa Language (1991)

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъto, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷos, *kʷid, (compare *kʷis).

#### Alternative forms

* tkȍ (Croatia)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kô/

#### Pronoun

kȍ (Cyrillic spelling ко̏)
* (Bosnia, Serbia, interrogatively) who
    ko si ti? ― who are you?
* (Bosnia, Serbia, relative and indefinite pronoun)
    bilo ko ― anybody, anyone
    malo ko ― very few people
    onaj ko ― he who, whoever

##### Synonyms

* kdo (Kajkavian)
* gdo (Kajkavian)

### Etymology 2

From kȁo.

#### Contraction

ko (Cyrillic spelling ко)
* contraction of kȁo

##### Related terms

* kȁo

### References

* “ko”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
* “ko”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

## Slovene
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *jako (“how, in which way”). Cognate with Serbo-Croatian ako.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kɔ/

#### Conjunction

ko
* when (at the time that)
    pride dan, ko nimas energije - there comes a day when you have no energy

### Etymology 2

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

#### Conjunction

ko
* (colloquial) Alternative form of kot

## Swahili
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Verb

-ko
* present stem of -wako (“to be (at an indefinite place)”)
    yuko ― he/she is (there)

### See also

* -ko: verbal affix
* -wapo (“to be (at a definite place)”)
* -wamo (“to be inside (of a definite place)”)

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Old Norse ko, from East Old Norse ko, from Proto-Germanic *kōz.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kuː/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

ko c
* cow; female cattle
    Många kor bor i stall under vinterhalvåret.Many cows live in stables during the winter.
* a female member of a number of other species, such as elk
    Jag såg en älgko och hennes kalv när jag var i skogen.I saw an elk cow and her calf when I was in the forest.

#### Related terms

* kobent
* kodynga
* kofoder
* kofot
* kofångare
* kofösare
* kogalenskap
* kogödsel
* kohage
* kohandel
* kohandla
* kohandlare
* kohorn
* kokoppor
* kolugn
* komjölk
* komocka
* koskit
* koskälla
* koskötare
* kossa
* kosvans
* kovända
* kovändning
* koögd
* mjölkko
* renko
* älgko

#### See also

* juver (“udder”)
* kalv
* kossa
* kreatur
* kviga
* mjölk (“milk”)
* mjölka (“to milk”)
* nöt, nötkreatur
* oxe
* spene (“teat”)
* stut

### References

* ko in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* ko in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
* ko in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

### Anagrams

* OK, ok

## Tagalog
### Alternative forms

* co — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
* k, q — text messaging slang

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *-ku, from Proto-Austronesian *-ku.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ko/ [ko]
* Rhymes: -o
* Syllabification: ko
* Homophones: Co, Kho, Ko

### Pronoun

ko (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓ) (postpositive)
* my; mine
    Synonym: (prepositive) akin
    ang bahay ko ― my house
    sa taas ko ― above me (literally, “my above”)
* I; me (indirect)
    Synonym: (prepositive) akin
    Ang bola ay sinalo ko.I caught the ball.(literally, “The ball was caught by me.”)

#### See also

| Person | Number | Direct (ang) | Indirect (ng) | Oblique (sa) |
| First | singular | ako | ko | akin |
| First | dual$^1$ | kita, kata | nita, nata, ta | kanita, kanata, ata |
| First | plural inclusive | tayo | natin | atin |
| First | plural exclusive | kami | namin | amin |
| First & Second | singular | kita$^2$ | kita$^2$ | |
| Second | singular | ikaw, ka | mo | iyo |
| Second | plural | kayo, kamo | ninyo, niyo | inyo |
| Third | singular | siya | niya | kaniya |
| Third | plural | sila | nila | kanila |
| $^1$ First person dual pronouns are not commonly used in Standard Tagalog. $^2$ Replaces ko ikaw. |||||

### Further reading

* “ko”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
* “ko”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*-ku”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

## Talysh
### Etymology

Cognate with Persian کار (kâr).

### Noun

ko
* work

## Taworta
### Noun

ko
* egg

### Further reading

Bill Palmer, The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area (→ISBN, 2017), page 531, table 95, Comparative basic vocabulary in Lakes Plain Languages

## Tocharian A
### Etymology

From Proto-Tocharian, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws (“cow”). Compare Tocharian B keu, English cow.

### Noun

ko
* cow

## Tokelauan
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *ko. Cognates include Hawaiian ʻo and Samoan ʻo.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ko]
* Hyphenation: ko

### Particle

ko
* Marks an equational sentence.
* Marks the topic of the sentence.
** 1948, Tūlāfono fakavae a Tokelau [Constitution of Tokelau]‎, page 1:Ko kimatou, ia tagata o Tokelau, e takutinoWe, the people of Tokelau, say openly
* Marks the succeeding noun as in apposition of the preceding noun.
* Placed after the conjunctions pe or ka.

### References

* R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 163

## Tuvaluan
### Particle

ko
* present perfect tense marker, inserted immediately before the relevant verb

## Vietnamese
### Alternative forms

* k°

### Adverb

ko
* (informal) Abbreviation of không.

### Anagrams

* OK

## Volapük
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish con (“with”).

### Preposition

ko
* with
** 1952, Arie de Jong, Diatek nulik: Gospul ma ‚Matthaeus’. Kapit: I:Ekö! jivirgan ogrodikof, ed omotof soni, keli onemoy eli ‚Emmanuel’, kela tradutod binon: God binom ko obs.Look! the virgin is with child and will give birth to a son whom they will call Immanuel, a name which means „God-is-with-us”.

## Votic
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA: /ˈko/, [ˈko]
* Rhymes: -o
* Hyphenation: ko

### Adverb

ko
* when (at what time; in the case that)
* than (in comparisons)
* as, because

### Adverb

ko
* how (in what way)

### References

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

## West Frisian
### Etymology

From Old Frisian kū, from Proto-West Germanic *kō (“cows”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /koː/

### Noun

ko c (plural kij, diminutive koke)
* cow

#### Derived terms

* seeko
* kowefleis

#### Further reading

* “ko”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

## West Makian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ko/

### Verb

ko
* (transitive) to carry on one's back

#### Conjugation
### References

* Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics

## White Hmong
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kɒ˧/

### Etymology 1

* This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Borrowed from some other language? Possible candidates include Chinese 莖／茎 (jīng, “stem, stalk”). Or native Hmongic?”

#### Noun

ko (classifier: tus)
* a handle (of any hand tool or implement, etc.)
    ko taus ― axe handle
* used in ko taw (“foot”) and ko tw (“tail”)

### Etymology 2

* This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Related to Chinese 乎 (hū, “in, on; (archaic) sentence-final particle”)?”

#### Particle

ko
* a final completive particle
    Koj hais li ko... ― Speaking as you do...
    Txhob ua li ko. ― Don't do that.

### References

* Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎, SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 85.

## Wolof
### Pronoun

ko
* him/her/it (third-person singular object pronoun)

#### See also

| | singular subject | plural subject | singular object | plural object |
| 1st person | man | nun | ma | nu |
| 2nd person | yow | yeen | la | leen |
| 3rd person | moom | ñoom | ko | leen |

## Xhosa
### Pronoun

-ko
* Combining stem of kona.

## Yoruba
### Etymology 1
#### Alternative forms

* ò (frequently used after personal pronouns)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kò/

#### Particle

kò
* not (placed before a verb to negate it)

### Etymology 2
#### Alternative forms

* tó

#### Pronunciation

IPA: /kō/

#### Conjunction

ko
* (Ekiti) that

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kó/

#### Verb

kó
* to pack
    Ẹ bá mi kó ẹrù yìí sẹ́yìn ọkọ̀ ― Help me pack this load into the boot
* to collect
* to capture
    Wọ́n kó wọn lẹ́rú ― They captured them as slaves

##### Derived terms

* ìkówójẹ (“embezzlement”)
* akódọ̀tí (“garbage collector”)
* akólẹ́tà (“courier”)
* àkójọ (“collection”)

### Etymology 4
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kò/

#### Verb

kò
* to touch
* to meet

##### Derived terms

* fẹnu kò (“to kiss”)
* gbéjà kò (“to besiege; to attack”)
* foríkorí (“to brainstorm”)

## Zazaki
### Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *káwfš.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈko]
* Hyphenation: ko

### Noun

ko m
* (geography) mountain