кӧ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ko"

Eastern Mari

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *ke, cognates include Finnish ken and Hungarian ki.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kø/
  • Rhymes: -ø
  • Hyphenation: кӧ

Pronoun

кӧ • (kö)

  1. (interrogative) who
    кӧ тушто?
    kö tušto?
    who is there?
  2. anybody, anyone, somebody, someone
    кӧ толеш, тек вучалтат
    kö toĺeš, tek vučaltat
    if anybody comes, they should wait
  3. (кӧ... кӧ:) some... others
    кӧ келша, кӧ ваштареш
    kö kelša, kö vaštareš
    some are for, others are against

Derived terms
pronouns

References
  • J. Bradley et al. (2023) “кӧ”, in The Mari Web Project: Mari-English Dictionary, University of Vienna
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