कू

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Hindi[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /kuː/

Postposition[edit]

कू • (kū)

(Hyderabad) Alternative form of को (ko)
आप ख़रीदे सो घर मेरे कू पसंद है।^[1]
āp xarīde so ghar mere kū pasand hai.^[1]
I like the house that you bought.
(literally, “The house that you bought is liked to me.”)

References[edit]

^ Yamuna Kachru (1986) “The Syntax of Dakkhini: A Study in Language Variation and Language Change”, in Krishnamurti et al., editor, South Asian Languages: Structure, Convergence, and Diglossia, pages 165-174

Sanskrit[edit]

Alternative scripts[edit]

Alternative scripts

Pronunciation[edit]

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /kuː/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /kuː/

Etymology 1[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *kew-. Cognate with Lithuanian kaukti, and possibly English howl and Ancient Greek κωκῡ́ω (kōkū́ō, “shriek, wail”).

Root[edit]

कू • (kū)

to sound, cry, hum

Derived terms[edit]

Primary Verbal Forms

कौति (kauti, Present)
कवीति (kavīti, Present)
कवते (kavate, Present)
कूनाति (kūnāti, Present)

Secondary Forms

कोकूयते (kokūyate, Intensive)
कोकवीति (kokavīti, Intensive)
चोकूयते (cokūyate, Intensive)

Etymology 2[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewh₁-. Compare Latin caveō.

Alternative forms[edit]

कु (ku)

Root[edit]

कू • (kū)

to design

Derived terms[edit]

आकूत (ākūta)
आकूति (ākūti)
कव (kava)
कवि (kavi)
काव्य (kāvya)
कुवते (kuvate)

Etymology 2[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ku, *kū, formed from *kʷ-. See कु (ku) for more.

Adverb[edit]

कू • (kū́)

where?
Synonym: क्व (kvá)

References[edit]

Monier Williams (1899) “कू”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page {{{1}}}.

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