"kō" meaning in Hawaiian

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Determiner

IPA: /ˈkoː/
Head templates: {{head|haw|determiner}} kō
  1. (endearing) your second person singular possessive, both o- and a-type Tags: endearing
    Sense id: en-kō-haw-det-ZxlT3VbZ Categories (other): Hawaiian determiners Disambiguation of Hawaiian determiners: 85 15
  2. Alternative form of ko Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: ko
    Sense id: en-kō-haw-det-jX4~3ioZ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1 Related terms: koʻu, kaʻukuʻu (english: affectionate, o- and a-type), ko māua, kā māuako kāua [exclusive], kā kāua [inclusive], ko mākou, kā mākouko kākou [exclusive], kā kākou [inclusive], kou, kāukō (english: affectionate, o- and a-type), ko ʻolua, kā ʻolua, ko ʻoukou, kā ʻoukou, kona, kāna, ko lāua, kā lāua, ko lākou, kā lākou

Noun

IPA: /ˈkoː/
Etymology: From Proto-Polynesian *to (“sugar cane”) (compare with Tongan tō), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təbuh (compare with Malay tebu), from Proto-Austronesian *təbuS. Etymology templates: {{der|haw|poz-pol-pro|*to||sugar cane}} Proto-Polynesian *to (“sugar cane”), {{cog|to|tō}} Tongan tō, {{inh|haw|poz-pro|*təbuh}} Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təbuh, {{cog|ms|tebu}} Malay tebu, {{inh|haw|map-pro|*təbuS}} Proto-Austronesian *təbuS Head templates: {{head|haw|noun}} kō
  1. sugar cane (Saccharum officinarum)
    Sense id: en-kō-haw-noun-rO2c3-~y
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /ˈkoː/
Etymology: From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *too (“become pregnant”). Etymology templates: {{inh|haw|poz-pnp-pro|*too|t=become pregnant}} Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *too (“become pregnant”) Head templates: {{head|haw|verb}} kō, {{tlb|haw|intransitive}} (intransitive)
  1. to become pregnant Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-kō-haw-verb-zVGL9ZZn
  2. to come to pass, to succeed Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-kō-haw-verb--fuP2U5k Categories (other): Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries, Hawaiian entries with incorrect language header, Grasses, Polynesian canoe plants Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 20 3 0 5 3 12 1 11 12 8 1 1 18 0 2 3 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 3 0 7 2 15 1 9 16 10 1 1 14 0 0 0 1 4 0 Disambiguation of Hawaiian entries with incorrect language header: 16 2 20 9 44 9 Disambiguation of Grasses: 11 1 27 17 36 7 Disambiguation of Polynesian canoe plants: 19 2 20 8 47 4
  3. to win in a dispute Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-kō-haw-verb-gudxDwHk
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: hoʻokō [causative], kōkō [reduplication]
Etymology number: 3
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      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "determiner"
      },
      "expansion": "kō",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hawaiian",
  "lang_code": "haw",
  "pos": "det",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "koʻu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "affectionate, o- and a-type",
      "word": "kaʻukuʻu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ko māua"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "exclusive"
      ],
      "word": "kā māuako kāua"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "inclusive"
      ],
      "word": "kā kāua"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ko mākou"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "exclusive"
      ],
      "word": "kā mākouko kākou"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "inclusive"
      ],
      "word": "kā kākou"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "kou"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "affectionate, o- and a-type",
      "word": "kāukō"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ko ʻolua"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "kā ʻolua"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ko ʻoukou"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "kā ʻoukou"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "kona"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "kāna"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ko lāua"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "kā lāua"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ko lākou"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "kā lākou"
    }
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      ],
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          "endearing",
          "endearing"
        ],
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          "your",
          "your"
        ]
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      ],
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        "endearing"
      ]
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        }
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        "Alternative form of ko"
      ],
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        [
          "ko",
          "ko#Hawaiian"
        ]
      ],
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        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkoː/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kō"
}

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      "name": "der"
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      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
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      },
      "expansion": "Malay tebu",
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      ],
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          "Saccharum officinarum",
          "Saccharum officinarum#Translingual"
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    }
  ],
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ],
      "word": "hoʻokō"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "reduplication"
      ],
      "word": "kōkō"
    }
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      "expansion": "(intransitive)",
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    }
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        "to become pregnant"
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          "pregnant"
        ]
      ],
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        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
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        {
          "_dis": "20 3 0 5 3 12 1 11 12 8 1 1 18 0 2 3 0",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
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          "_dis": "16 3 0 7 2 15 1 9 16 10 1 1 14 0 0 0 1 4 0",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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        {
          "_dis": "16 2 20 9 44 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hawaiian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 1 27 17 36 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "haw",
          "name": "Grasses",
          "orig": "haw:Grasses",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 2 20 8 47 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "haw",
          "name": "Polynesian canoe plants",
          "orig": "haw:Polynesian canoe plants",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        "to come to pass, to succeed"
      ],
      "id": "en-kō-haw-verb--fuP2U5k",
      "links": [
        [
          "come to pass",
          "come to pass"
        ],
        [
          "succeed",
          "succeed"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to win in a dispute"
      ],
      "id": "en-kō-haw-verb-gudxDwHk",
      "links": [
        [
          "win",
          "win"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkoː/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kō"
}
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    "Hawaiian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Hawaiian intransitive verbs",
    "Hawaiian lemmas",
    "Hawaiian terms derived from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian",
    "Hawaiian terms inherited from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian",
    "Hawaiian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Hawaiian verbs",
    "Pages with 6 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "haw:Grasses",
    "haw:Polynesian canoe plants"
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      "expansion": "kō",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hawaiian",
  "lang_code": "haw",
  "pos": "det",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "koʻu"
    },
    {
      "english": "affectionate, o- and a-type",
      "word": "kaʻukuʻu"
    },
    {
      "word": "ko māua"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "exclusive"
      ],
      "word": "kā māuako kāua"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "inclusive"
      ],
      "word": "kā kāua"
    },
    {
      "word": "ko mākou"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "exclusive"
      ],
      "word": "kā mākouko kākou"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "inclusive"
      ],
      "word": "kā kākou"
    },
    {
      "word": "kou"
    },
    {
      "english": "affectionate, o- and a-type",
      "word": "kāukō"
    },
    {
      "word": "ko ʻolua"
    },
    {
      "word": "kā ʻolua"
    },
    {
      "word": "ko ʻoukou"
    },
    {
      "word": "kā ʻoukou"
    },
    {
      "word": "kona"
    },
    {
      "word": "kāna"
    },
    {
      "word": "ko lāua"
    },
    {
      "word": "kā lāua"
    },
    {
      "word": "ko lākou"
    },
    {
      "word": "kā lākou"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "Hawaiian endearing terms"
      ],
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        "your second person singular possessive, both o- and a-type"
      ],
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        [
          "endearing",
          "endearing"
        ],
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          "your",
          "your"
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      ],
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        "endearing"
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        }
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        "Alternative form of ko"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ko",
          "ko#Hawaiian"
        ]
      ],
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        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkoː/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kō"
}

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    "Hawaiian intransitive verbs",
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    "Hawaiian terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
    "Hawaiian terms derived from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian",
    "Hawaiian terms derived from Proto-Polynesian",
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      "name": "der"
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        "1": "to",
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      "name": "cog"
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        "1": "haw",
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      "name": "inh"
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      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
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      },
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      },
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  "head_templates": [
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      "expansion": "kō",
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  "lang": "Hawaiian",
  "lang_code": "haw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "sugar cane (Saccharum officinarum)"
      ],
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          "sugar cane",
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          "Saccharum officinarum",
          "Saccharum officinarum#Translingual"
        ]
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    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkoː/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kō"
}

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    "Hawaiian intransitive verbs",
    "Hawaiian lemmas",
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    "Hawaiian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Hawaiian verbs",
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  "derived": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ],
      "word": "hoʻokō"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "reduplication"
      ],
      "word": "kōkō"
    }
  ],
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        "1": "haw",
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *too (“become pregnant”).",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "kō",
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  "lang_code": "haw",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "to become pregnant"
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        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to come to pass, to succeed"
      ],
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        [
          "come to pass",
          "come to pass"
        ],
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          "succeed",
          "succeed"
        ]
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        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to win in a dispute"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "win",
          "win"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkoː/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kō"
}

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