{"word":"ku","entries":[{"pos":"adv","senses":[{"gloss":"where (asking about a place, where or towards which direction)","lang":"en","examples":[{"text":"Ku po shkon?","english":"Where are you going?"}],"source":"en-wiktionary"},{"gloss":"where ... at","lang":"en","examples":[{"text":"Ku je?","english":"Where (are) you at?"}],"source":"en-wiktionary"},{"gloss":"whither, whereto","lang":"en","source":"en-wiktionary"},{"gloss":"whence, where from","lang":"en","source":"en-wiktionary"},{"gloss":"how (to/that)","lang":"en","examples":[{"text":"(qysh (Gheg))"},{"text":"Ku e din ai?","english":"How does he (want to) know that?"},{"text":"Ku më dit unë?","english":"How do I know that?"}],"source":"en-wiktionary"},{"gloss":"where, whither; there, thither (used to connect repetitive verbs; indicating location, direction)","lang":"en","source":"en-wiktionary"}],"sources":["en-wiktionary"],"etymology":"From Proto-Albanian *ku, from Proto-Indo-European *kú (“where?”). Cognate to Proto-Baltic *kur (“where”), Lithuanian kur̃ (“where”) & kur (“where”), Latvian kur, Proto-Slavic *kъde (“where”), Old Church Slavonic къде (kŭde, “where”), Russian где (gde) and Sanskrit कुह (kúha, “where”), Sanskrit कू (kū́, “where”), Avestan 𐬐𐬎𐬛𐬁 (kudā), 𐬐𐬏 (kū).\nSee also Albanian kur (“when”).","forms":[{"form":"ku","tags":["alternative"]},{"form":"kû","tags":["alternative"]},{"form":"kun","tags":["alternative"]},{"form":"kûn","tags":["alternative"]},{"form":"kûnê","tags":["alternative"]},{"form":"kuh","tags":["alternative"]},{"form":"kûh","tags":["alternative"]},{"form":"ka","tags":["alternative"]},{"form":"kah","tags":["alternative"]}]},{"pos":"particle","senses":[{"gloss":"where (used for rhetorical questions)","lang":"en","source":"en-wiktionary"},{"gloss":"where to where whither (used repeatedly, to accentuate significant differences between two objects)","lang":"en","source":"en-wiktionary"}],"sources":["en-wiktionary"],"etymology":"From Proto-Albanian *ku, from Proto-Indo-European *kú (“where?”). Cognate to Proto-Baltic *kur (“where”), Lithuanian kur̃ (“where”) & kur (“where”), Latvian kur, Proto-Slavic *kъde (“where”), Old Church Slavonic къде (kŭde, “where”), Russian где (gde) and Sanskrit कुह (kúha, “where”), Sanskrit कू (kū́, “where”), Avestan 𐬐𐬎𐬛𐬁 (kudā), 𐬐𐬏 (kū).\nSee also Albanian kur (“when”).","forms":[{"form":"ku","tags":["alternative"]},{"form":"kû","tags":["alternative"]},{"form":"kun","tags":["alternative"]},{"form":"kûn","tags":["alternative"]},{"form":"kûnê","tags":["alternative"]},{"form":"kuh","tags":["alternative"]},{"form":"kûh","tags":["alternative"]},{"form":"ka","tags":["alternative"]},{"form":"kah","tags":["alternative"]}]}],"sources":["en-wiktionary","ai"],"dialects":[{"form":"kû","dialect":"gheg","source":"en-wiktionary"},{"form":"kun","dialect":"gheg","source":"en-wiktionary"},{"form":"kûn","dialect":"gheg","source":"en-wiktionary"},{"form":"kûnê","dialect":"gheg","source":"en-wiktionary"},{"form":"kuh","dialect":"gheg","source":"en-wiktionary"},{"form":"kûh","dialect":"gheg","source":"en-wiktionary"},{"form":"ka","dialect":"gheg","source":"en-wiktionary"},{"form":"kah","dialect":"gheg","source":"en-wiktionary"}],"description":{"text":"Ndajfolje pyetëse për vendin (ku je?); edhe: lidhëse (shtëpia ku banoj).","source":"ai"},"frequency":624486,"wikipediaCount":53947,"url":"https://fjalorishqip.org/fjala/ku/","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","sameMeaning":[{"word":"tek","relation":"same"}],"attribution":["Wiktionary (English edition), Albanian entries — CC BY-SA 4.0 (and GFDL)","Përshkrime shqip me ndihmë të AI-së / Albanian descriptions written with AI help — CC BY-SA 4.0"]}