"ku" meaning in Proto-Finnic

See ku in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Pronoun

Etymology: From Proto-Uralic *ku or Proto-Uralic *ko-. Northern Finnic languages show a pattern of suffixing the nominative singular with *-ka. Etymology templates: {{inh|urj-fin-pro|urj-pro|*ku}} Proto-Uralic *ku, {{inh|urj-fin-pro|urj-pro|*ko-}} Proto-Uralic *ko- Head templates: {{head|urj-fin-pro|pronoun}} *ku
  1. who, what (interrogative) Tags: reconstruction Derived forms: kumpi
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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "et",
            "10": "kuni",
            "2": "kui",
            "3": "kuid",
            "4": "kuidas",
            "5": "kuna",
            "6": "kunagi",
            "7": "kus",
            "8": "kuhu",
            "9": "kust",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Estonian: kui, kuid, kuidas, kuna, kunagi, kus, kuhu, kust, kuni",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Estonian: kui, kuid, kuidas, kuna, kunagi, kus, kuhu, kust, kuni"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fi",
            "2": "kuka",
            "3": "kun",
            "4": "kuin",
            "5": "kuinka",
            "6": "kukin",
            "7": "kukaan",
            "8": "kulloin",
            "9": "kuten",
            "der": "1",
            "qq1": "archaic in most case forms"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Finnish: kuka (archaic in most case forms), kun, kuin, kuinka, kukin, kukaan, kulloin, kuten",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Finnish: kuka (archaic in most case forms), kun, kuin, kuinka, kukin, kukaan, kulloin, kuten"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "izh",
            "2": "ku",
            "3": "kuka",
            "4": "kuin",
            "5": "kunis",
            "der2": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Ingrian: ku, ⇒ kuka, kuin, kunis",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ingrian: ku, ⇒ kuka, kuin, kunis"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "krl",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Karelian:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Karelian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "North Karelian: ku"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "South Karelian: ku"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vep",
            "2": "kuna",
            "3": "kunasai",
            "4": "kuhusai",
            "5": "kus",
            "6": "kuspäi",
            "7": "kut",
            "8": "kuti",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Veps: kuna, kunasai, kuhusai, kus, kuspäi, kut, kuti",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Veps: kuna, kunasai, kuhusai, kus, kuspäi, kut, kuti"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vro",
            "2": "kua",
            "3": "kuas",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Võro: kua, kuas",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Võro: kua, kuas"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vot",
            "10": "kuini",
            "11": "kuippäi",
            "12": "kuika",
            "13": "kuhõz",
            "14": "kuibõ",
            "2": "ku",
            "3": "kuall",
            "4": "kualtõ",
            "5": "kuhan",
            "6": "kuhõõ",
            "7": "kui",
            "8": "kuile",
            "9": "kuimõnd",
            "der": "1",
            "qq12": "Kattila",
            "qq13": "Kattila"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Votic: ku, kuall, kualtõ, kuhan, kuhõõ, kui, kuile, kuimõnd, kuini, kuippäi, kuika, kuhõz (Kattila), kuibõ (Kattila)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Votic: ku, kuall, kualtõ, kuhan, kuhõõ, kui, kuile, kuimõnd, kuini, kuippäi, kuika, kuhõz (Kattila), kuibõ (Kattila)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "urj-fin-pro",
        "2": "urj-pro",
        "3": "*ku"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Uralic *ku",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "urj-fin-pro",
        "2": "urj-pro",
        "3": "*ko-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Uralic *ko-",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Uralic *ku or Proto-Uralic *ko-. Northern Finnic languages show a pattern of suffixing the nominative singular with *-ka.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "urj-fin-pro",
        "2": "pronoun"
      },
      "expansion": "*ku",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Finnic",
  "lang_code": "urj-fin-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ku",
  "pos": "pron",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Finnic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Finnic pronouns",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "kumpi"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "who, what (interrogative)"
      ],
      "id": "en-ku-urj-fin-pro-pron-oUzFZRCs",
      "links": [
        [
          "who",
          "who"
        ],
        [
          "what",
          "what"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ku"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "kumpi"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "et",
            "10": "kuni",
            "2": "kui",
            "3": "kuid",
            "4": "kuidas",
            "5": "kuna",
            "6": "kunagi",
            "7": "kus",
            "8": "kuhu",
            "9": "kust",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Estonian: kui, kuid, kuidas, kuna, kunagi, kus, kuhu, kust, kuni",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Estonian: kui, kuid, kuidas, kuna, kunagi, kus, kuhu, kust, kuni"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fi",
            "2": "kuka",
            "3": "kun",
            "4": "kuin",
            "5": "kuinka",
            "6": "kukin",
            "7": "kukaan",
            "8": "kulloin",
            "9": "kuten",
            "der": "1",
            "qq1": "archaic in most case forms"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Finnish: kuka (archaic in most case forms), kun, kuin, kuinka, kukin, kukaan, kulloin, kuten",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Finnish: kuka (archaic in most case forms), kun, kuin, kuinka, kukin, kukaan, kulloin, kuten"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "izh",
            "2": "ku",
            "3": "kuka",
            "4": "kuin",
            "5": "kunis",
            "der2": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Ingrian: ku, ⇒ kuka, kuin, kunis",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ingrian: ku, ⇒ kuka, kuin, kunis"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "krl",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Karelian:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Karelian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "North Karelian: ku"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "South Karelian: ku"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vep",
            "2": "kuna",
            "3": "kunasai",
            "4": "kuhusai",
            "5": "kus",
            "6": "kuspäi",
            "7": "kut",
            "8": "kuti",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Veps: kuna, kunasai, kuhusai, kus, kuspäi, kut, kuti",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Veps: kuna, kunasai, kuhusai, kus, kuspäi, kut, kuti"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vro",
            "2": "kua",
            "3": "kuas",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Võro: kua, kuas",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Võro: kua, kuas"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vot",
            "10": "kuini",
            "11": "kuippäi",
            "12": "kuika",
            "13": "kuhõz",
            "14": "kuibõ",
            "2": "ku",
            "3": "kuall",
            "4": "kualtõ",
            "5": "kuhan",
            "6": "kuhõõ",
            "7": "kui",
            "8": "kuile",
            "9": "kuimõnd",
            "der": "1",
            "qq12": "Kattila",
            "qq13": "Kattila"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Votic: ku, kuall, kualtõ, kuhan, kuhõõ, kui, kuile, kuimõnd, kuini, kuippäi, kuika, kuhõz (Kattila), kuibõ (Kattila)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Votic: ku, kuall, kualtõ, kuhan, kuhõõ, kui, kuile, kuimõnd, kuini, kuippäi, kuika, kuhõz (Kattila), kuibõ (Kattila)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "urj-fin-pro",
        "2": "urj-pro",
        "3": "*ku"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Uralic *ku",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "urj-fin-pro",
        "2": "urj-pro",
        "3": "*ko-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Uralic *ko-",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Uralic *ku or Proto-Uralic *ko-. Northern Finnic languages show a pattern of suffixing the nominative singular with *-ka.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "urj-fin-pro",
        "2": "pronoun"
      },
      "expansion": "*ku",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Finnic",
  "lang_code": "urj-fin-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ku",
  "pos": "pron",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Proto-Finnic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Proto-Finnic lemmas",
        "Proto-Finnic pronouns",
        "Proto-Finnic terms derived from Proto-Uralic",
        "Proto-Finnic terms inherited from Proto-Uralic"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "who, what (interrogative)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "who",
          "who"
        ],
        [
          "what",
          "what"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ku"
}

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