kuo

See also: kuò, kuǒ, ku'o, and kʉɔ̀

Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of English Kumukio.

Symbol

kuo

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

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Kumukio terms

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree

French kubor.

Esperanto kuo

Borrowed from French ku.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuo/

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• Rhymes: -uo
• Syllabification: ku‧o

Noun

kuo (accusative singular kuon, plural kuoj, accusative plural kuojn)

1. the letter q (upper case Q), the seventeenth letter of the Latin alphabet

Usage notes

The o is occasionally dropped, usually when spelling out words. E.g. QED would frequently be spelled out "ku e do" instead of "kuo e do" in Esperanto.

Further reading

• “kuo”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “kuo”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [²ˈkuɔ]
• Rhymes: -uɔ
• Syllabification: kuõ

Pronoun

kuo

1. instrumental of kas

Lutuv

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kùò]

Verb

kuo

1. to burn

References

• Amanda Bohnert, Kelly Harper Berkson, Sui Hnem Par (2022), “Vowel Sounds in Hnaring Lutuv”, in Indiana Working Papers in South Asian Languages and Cultures‎^[1], volume 3, number 1

Mandarin

Romanization

kuo

1. nonstandard spelling of kuò

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.

Middle Dutch

Noun

kuo

1. (rare) alternative spelling of coe

Middle High German

Alternative forms

• kū, kō, chuo

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German kuo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ˈkuo̯/ (classical Middle High German)
• IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ˈk͡xuo̯/ (Upper German)
• IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ˈkuː/, /ˈkoː/ (later Central German)

Noun

kuo f

1. cow

Declension

Declension of kuo (strong feminine ending in a consonant)

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	diu	kuo	die	küeje, küewe
genitive	einer	dër	küeje, kuo, küewe	dër	küeje, küewe
dative	einer	dër	küeje, kuo, küewe	dën	küejen, küewen
accusative	eine	die	kuo	die	küeje, küewe

Descendants

• Alemannic German: Chue
  • Alsatian: Küeh
  • Walser: Chua
• Bavarian: Kuah, Kouh (Northern Bavarian), Kua (spelling variant)
  • Cimbrian: khua
  • Mòcheno: kua
• Central Franconian: Kuh, Koh
  • Hunsrik: Kuh
  • Luxembourgish: Kou
• East Franconian: Kou, Kua, Kuu
• German: Kuh
• Rhine Franconian:
  • Pennsylvania German: Kuh
• Vilamovian: kü
• Yiddish: קו (ku)

References

• Benecke, Georg Friedrich; Müller, Wilhelm; Zarncke, Friedrich (1863), “KUO”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel
• Köbler, Gerhard (2014), “kuo”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch‎^[2] (in German), 3rd edition

Nafaanra

Noun

kuo

1. society, organization

Old High German

Alternative forms

• kuoa
• chuo

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *kō.

Noun

kuo f

1. cow

Declension

Declension of kuo (feminine i-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	kuo	kui
accusative	kuo	kui
genitive	kui	kuo
dative	kui	kuim, kuen

Descendants

• Middle High German: kuo, kū, kō, chuo
  • Alemannic German: Chue
    • Alsatian: Küeh
    • Walser: Chua
  • Bavarian: Kuah, Kouh (Northern Bavarian), Kua (spelling variant)
    • Cimbrian: khua
    • Mòcheno: kua
  • Central Franconian: Kuh, Koh
    • Hunsrik: Kuh
    • Luxembourgish: Kou
  • East Franconian: Kou, Kua, Kuu
  • German: Kuh
  • Rhine Franconian:
    • Pennsylvania German: Kuh
  • Vilamovian: kü
  • Yiddish: קו (ku)

References

• Köbler, Gerhard (2014), “kuo”, in Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch‎^[3] (in German), 6th edition
• Karg-Gasterstädt, Elisabeth; Frings, Theodor; et al., editors (1952–2022), “kuo”, in Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch‎^[4] (in German), Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, via Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig

Sudovian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kwṓ, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ. Compare Lithuanian šuõ, Latvian suns, Old Prussian sunis.

For kuo instead of expected *suo / *szuo see:

• typo: aktis (also geptis)
• -k- : -s-/-š- alternation: Lithuanian šlei̇̃vas : klei̇̃vas, šaũkti : kaũkti

Noun

kuo

1. (zoology) dog (original Polish gloss: pios)

References

• Zigmas Zinkevičius (1985), “Lenkų-jotvingių žodynėlis? [A Polish-Yotvingian dictionary?]”, in Baltistica, volume 21, number 1 (in Lithuanian), Vilnius: VU, →DOI, page 74: “kuo ‘šuo, l. pios’ 152.”

Zou

Zou cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : kuó     Ordinal : kuóna

Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *kua.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kwó]
• Hyphenation: kuo

Numeral

kuó

1. nine

References

• Philip Thangliènmâng (2010), Minimal dictionary and Self-tutor Functional Grammar in Zo-English-Hindi, New Delhi: Zoculsin, →ISBN, page 10
• Lukram Himmat Singh (2013), A Descriptive Grammar of Zou (PhD thesis), Canchipur: Manipur University, page 51