ku

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ku"

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Etymology

Clipping of English Kurdish.

Symbol

ku

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

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈku/ [ˈkʊ]
• Hyphenation: ku

Determiner

kú

1. thy, your

See also

Afar possessive determiners

		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
				m	f
personal	singular	yi	ku	kay	tet
	plural	ni	sin	ken
reflexive	singular	inní	isí
	plural	ninní	isinní, sinní

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^(key): [ku]

Pronoun

ku= (Kana spelling ク)

1. 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

Ainu personal pronouns

person	isolated form	affix form
		nominative	objective
first	singular	kuani, kani1	ku=, k=1 (before vowels)	en=
	exclusive plural	ciokay, coka1, ciutari	ci=, c=1 =as	un=
	inclusive plural	anokay, aoka1, anutari	a=, =an	i=
second	singular	eani	e=
	plural	eciokay, ecioka1, eciutari	eci=
	singular (polite)	anokay, aoka1	a=, =an	i=
	plural (polite)	anokay, aoka1, anutari
third	singular	sinuma, anihi	∅=
	plural	okay, oka1
indefinite	singular	asinuma	a=, =an	i=
	plural	anokay, aoka1, anutari

1. Saru dialect

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ku]

Verb

ku (Kana spelling ク)

1. to drink

Derived terms

• iku (“to drink strong drink”)

See also

• e (“to eat”)