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ku-

ku-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ku"

Indonesian

Prefix

ku-

  1. I (personal pronoun)

Malay

Etymology

From ku, shortened form of aku, from Proto-Malayic *aku, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *aku, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *aku, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *aku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aku, from Proto-Austronesian *aku.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ku/

Prefix

ku- (Jawi spelling کو-, Informal, rough even towards older people)

  1. I (personal pronoun)
    Kutahu.
    I know.

See also


Swahili

Alternative forms

  • kw- (before a vowel)

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *ku-.

Prefix

ku-

  1. The prefix for noun class 15 denoting verbal infinitives.
    ku- + -fanya = kufanya (to do)
    ku- + -soma = kusoma (to read)
  2. The prefix for noun class 17 denoting a locative that implies movement or indeterminate position.

See also

  • Appendix:Swahili noun classes

Taos

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ku/

Prefix

ku-

  1. (transitive) Second-person singular subject + third person duoplural object.

Zulu

Prefix

ku- (basic noun prefix)

  1. Basic (augmentless) form of uku-

Prefix

ku- (subject concord)

  1. it (class 15, class 17)

Prefix

-ku- (object concord)

  1. you (singular), thee
  2. it (class 15, class 17)

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