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kiliŋi ideo swept_clean (domain: 5.6.1 - Clean, dirty.)
kiri-kiri ideo tight_hold (domain: 7.3.4.4 - Hold.)
ko₁ [L ] C1 (past: koga₁) v dig { Ba ta wo koge bɔɔne. They haven't yet dug a hole. | Ba ko bu-doa bɔɔne ye o tiina jei mo. The parents sit by while the grave of their only child is dug. }
ko₂ [L ] C3 (impf: kora; past: koga₂) v 1be / become dry { Pale gwaaro tem se te ko. Hang out the clothes to dry. } 2be withered, paralysed { O jeŋa kam koga. His arm is withered. } [ der. -kora ]
ko₄ pn it, its [ der. kokuri ]
ko- pf class IV/V singular prefix (domain: 9.2.9.4 - Class prefixes.) [ kodoo , kodwoŋi , kolo , konto₁ , konto₂ ]
ko daare (der. of daare₁) conj on the other hand, however, but
ko-yeini-ko-gwori (der. of yeini₁, gwori₂) n necessity
kodoo (from ko-, -doo) num one (domain: 8.1.1.1.1 - One.)
kodwoŋi KO (from ko-, -dwoŋi) dem certain, some { tɔnɔ kodwoŋi a certain book }
koe [L ] (stem: ko₃) v st be older than, senior to { O ko-o. He is older than him. | Yuu ba koe ba. The head is not older than the neck.; Apparent precedence and seniority do not rule out cooperation. | Sɔŋɔ ba koe ko tu. A house (or lineage) cannot be older than its founder. | Bu-veila koe ka nyena. A roving child is older than his parents. } (domain: 2.6.4.5 - Old person, 8.4.6.5.2 - Old, not young.) cf: kwe.
koga₁ past of ko₁ v dug
koga₂ past of ko₂ v dried
kogo [M ] KO/TE (pl: koro) n fur, feather, hair (domain: 2.1.5 - Hair, 1.6.2 - Parts of an animal.) [ chekogo ]
kojeira loc there, that (same) place { Chene na dɛ mɛ de zo to de wó da kojeira mo de nwoŋi. Where the arrow has entered, that is the place where it will come out. } (domain: 8.5.1 - Here, there.)
kokeiri DE n effort { ke kokeiri make an effort }
kokom [LH ] KO (dup. of kom₁) dem other (one) { tɔnɔ kokom kom the other book } (domain: 9.2.1.2 - Demonstratives.)
kokoro KO/TE n midnight { tete kokoro ne in the middle of the night } (domain: 8.4.1.2.3 - Time of the day.)
kokɔge [LH ] A1 v shake out, empty (domain: 7.3.1.3 - Shake, 7.3.4.5 - Actions of the hand, 8.1.8.1 - Empty.)
kokɔrege dialect of chochɔrege v gouge out (sem. domains: 7.3.2.7 - Take something out of something.)
kokɔrɔ [HH ] KO/TE n grass bound into a circle to support a conical grass roof (domain: 6.5.2.2 - Roof, 6.5.3 - Building materials.)
kokuri (der. of ko₄, kuri₂ 3 meaning) conj because, the reason being { mo kokuri that is why; therefore } syn: bɛŋwaane. (domain: 9.6.2.5.1 - Reason.)
kokweero (der. of kweere₁) n maturity, old age
kolo [LL ] (from ko-, -lo) rel which, any (domain: 9.2.3.3 - Relative pronouns, 8.1.5.1 - Some, 9.6.3.5 - Markers of identificational and explanatory clauses.) [ dup. kolokolo ]
kolokolo KO/TE (dialect: konkolo) (dup. of kolo) pn anything, nothing (with negative) { A wo nɛ kolokolo. I didn't see anything. } (domain: 8.1.5.2 - None, nothing.)