"ku" meaning in Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

Forms: kua [definite, singular], kuen [definite, singular], kyr [indefinite, plural], kuer [indefinite, plural], kyrne [definite, plural], kuene [definite, plural]
Etymology: From Old West Norse kýr (accusative singular kú), from Proto-Germanic *kūz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws (“cow”). Etymology templates: {{inh|nn|non-own|kýr}} Old West Norse kýr, {{m|non|kú}} kú, {{der|nb|gem-pro|*kūz}} Proto-Germanic *kūz, {{der|nb|ine-pro|*gʷṓws|t=cow}} Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws (“cow”) Head templates: {{head|nb|noun|definite singular|kua|or|kuen|indefinite plural|kyr|or|kuer|definite plural|kyrne|or|kuene|g=f|g2=m}} ku f or m (definite singular kua or kuen, indefinite plural kyr or kuer, definite plural kyrne or kuene)
  1. a cow Tags: feminine, masculine Categories (lifeform): Animals Derived forms: kugalskap, kumelk, melkeku, mjølkeku

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nn",
        "2": "non-own",
        "3": "kýr"
      },
      "expansion": "Old West Norse kýr",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "kú"
      },
      "expansion": "kú",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nb",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*kūz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *kūz",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nb",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*gʷṓws",
        "t": "cow"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws (“cow”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old West Norse kýr (accusative singular kú), from Proto-Germanic *kūz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws (“cow”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kua",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kuen",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kyr",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kuer",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kyrne",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kuene",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nb",
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        "11": "definite plural",
        "12": "kyrne",
        "13": "or",
        "14": "kuene",
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        "3": "definite singular",
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        "5": "or",
        "6": "kuen",
        "7": "indefinite plural",
        "8": "kyr",
        "9": "or",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "ku f or m (definite singular kua or kuen, indefinite plural kyr or kuer, definite plural kyrne or kuene)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
  "lang_code": "nb",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Norwegian Bokmål entries with topic categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "nb",
          "name": "Animals",
          "orig": "nb:Animals",
          "parents": [
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "kugalskap"
        },
        {
          "word": "kumelk"
        },
        {
          "word": "melkeku"
        },
        {
          "word": "mjølkeku"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a cow"
      ],
      "id": "en-ku-nb-noun-o88nh9cL",
      "links": [
        [
          "cow",
          "cow#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ku"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "kugalskap"
    },
    {
      "word": "kumelk"
    },
    {
      "word": "melkeku"
    },
    {
      "word": "mjølkeku"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nn",
        "2": "non-own",
        "3": "kýr"
      },
      "expansion": "Old West Norse kýr",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "kú"
      },
      "expansion": "kú",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nb",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*kūz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *kūz",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nb",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*gʷṓws",
        "t": "cow"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws (“cow”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old West Norse kýr (accusative singular kú), from Proto-Germanic *kūz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws (“cow”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kua",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kuen",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kyr",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kuer",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kyrne",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kuene",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nb",
        "10": "kuer",
        "11": "definite plural",
        "12": "kyrne",
        "13": "or",
        "14": "kuene",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "definite singular",
        "4": "kua",
        "5": "or",
        "6": "kuen",
        "7": "indefinite plural",
        "8": "kyr",
        "9": "or",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "ku f or m (definite singular kua or kuen, indefinite plural kyr or kuer, definite plural kyrne or kuene)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
  "lang_code": "nb",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header",
        "Norwegian Bokmål entries with topic categories using raw markup",
        "Norwegian Bokmål feminine nouns",
        "Norwegian Bokmål lemmas",
        "Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns",
        "Norwegian Bokmål nouns",
        "Norwegian Bokmål nouns with multiple genders",
        "Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old West Norse",
        "Norwegian Nynorsk terms inherited from Old West Norse",
        "nb:Animals"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a cow"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cow",
          "cow#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ku"
}

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