ko-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ko"

Ahtna

Alternative forms

• ku-

Etymology

Compare Navajo ho-

Prefix

ko-

1. marks an area as the subject of a verb
2. marks an areal object of a postposition or verb

   ‎ko- + ‎-kʼe (“on”) → ‎kukʼe (“on an area”)

   deniigi kotʼaen ― moose are mating (Literally, “moose have an area”)

3. marks the areal gender on a verb

   hwnax kuzʼaan

   there is a house

Derived terms

Ahtna terms prefixed with ko-

kotʼaen

kohtʼaene

kekulduux

konax

kalbaa

kuldogh

kultʼotʼ

kole

kuzʼaan

• hw-

See also

Subject prefixes

	singular	plural
1st person	es-	tsʼ-
2nd person	i-	oh-
3rd person	∅-	ku-, k-
3rd person obviate	y-
4th person	cʼ-
Areal	ko-

Ahtna possessive/prepositional object prefixes

	singular	plural
1st person	s-	ne-
2nd person	ne-	nhw-
3rd person	b-, y-	ku-, hw-
Reflexive	de-	hde-
Indefinite	cʼe-
Areal (postpositional only)	ko-
Reciprocal	nił-

References

• Kari, James (1990), Ahtna Athabaskan Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, pages 35, 57

Chuukese

Alternative forms

• ke-

Prefix

ko-

1. Second-person singular subject marker for tense modifying adverbs.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ko ]

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Czech ko-.

Alternative forms

• če-, cho-.

Prefix

ko-

1. intensifying prefix

   ‎ko- + ‎míhat → ‎komíhat

   ‎ko- + ‎drcat → ‎kodrcat

   ‎ko- + ‎mřít → ‎skomírat

   ‎ko- + ‎*nichat → ‎čenichat

   ‎ko- + ‎metat → ‎chomýtat

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin con-.

Prefix

ko-

1. co-

Derived terms

Czech terms prefixed with ko-

koexistovat

komíhat

kooperace

koprocesor

kormoutit

skomírat

Further reading

• kon-/kom-/ko- in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017

Finnish

Etymology

< Latin co-

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈko-/, [ˈko̞-]

Prefix

ko-

1. (in loanwords) co-

Derived terms

Finnish terms prefixed with ko-

koaksiaalinen

kohomologia

German

Alternative forms

• co-

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

Prefix

ko-

1. co-

Further reading

• “ko-” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Indonesian

Etymology

From Latin co-, allomorph of con-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ko]
• Hyphenation: ko

Prefix

ko-

1. co-:
   1. together; mutually; jointly

      Synonyms: dengan, bersama-sama

Alternative forms

• kon-
• kom-

Derived terms

Indonesian terms prefixed with ko-

koedukasi

koeksistensi

kolokasi

koperasi

korelasi

Further reading

• “ko-”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Japanese

Romanization

ko-

1. Rōmaji transcription of こ

Mokilese

Suffix

ko-

1. alternative form of ka-; used to form causative verbs

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin co-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔ
• Syllabification: ko-

Prefix

ko-

1. co-

Derived terms

Polish terms prefixed with ko-

koedukacja

koegzystencja

koenzym

koincydencja

kooperacja

koprocesor

koprodukcja

koregencja

korelacja

kowalencyjny

Further reading

• ko- in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Tocharian A

Etymology

From Proto-Tocharian *kāu- (whence also Tocharian B kau-), from Proto-Indo-European *kewh₂- (“to hit, strike”). Cognate with English hew, Latin cudo, Lithuanian kaujėti, etc.

Verb

ko-

1. to kill, strike down, destroy
2. chop up

Wiyot

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɑ-/

Preverb

ko-

1. The emphatic article.

References

• Karl V. Teeter (1964), The Wiyot Language, University of California press, page 95