kuo

See also: kuò, kuǒ, and ku'o

Esperanto

Pronunciation
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Noun

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

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

Mandarin

Romanization

kuo

  1. Nonstandard spelling of kuò.

Usage notes
  • English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Middle Dutch

Noun

kuo

  1. (rare) Alternative spelling of coe

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kūz, whence also Old Saxon kō, Old Dutch kuo, Old English cū, Old Norse kýr. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws.

Noun

kuo f

  1. cow

Descendants
  • Middle High German: kuo
    • Alemannic German: Chue
    • Bavarian: Kuah
      Cimbrian: khua
    • Central Franconian: Koh, Kuh
    • East Franconian: Kou, Kua, Kuu
    • German: Kuh
    • Luxembourgish: Kou
    • Rhine Franconian:
      Pennsylvania German: Kuh
    • Vilamovian: kü
    • Yiddish: קו‎‎ (ku‎)
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