koku

koku

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Japanese 石.

Noun

koku (plural kokus or koku)

1. A unit of measure in feudal Japan, the amount of rice needed to feed one person for a year.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Malay koku, clipping of kokurikulum (“cocurriculum”).

Alternative forms

• koko

Noun

koku

1. (Malaysia, school slang) cocurriculum; extracurriculum

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Japanese

Romanization

koku

1. Rōmaji transcription of こく

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Latvian

Noun

koku m

1. accusative singular form of koks
2. instrumental singular form of koks
3. genitive plural form of koks

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Malay

Etymology

Clipping of kokurikulum (“cocurriculum”).

Noun

koku

1. (Malaysia, school slang) cocurriculum; extracurriculum

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Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قوقو‎ (koku). Related to kokmak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈku/
• Hyphenation: ko‧ku

Noun

koku (definite accusative kokuyu, plural kokular)

1. smell, odor/odour
2. stench, stink, pungency
3. (figurative) inkling, sign, indication

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	koku
Definite accusative	kokuyu
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	koku	kokular
Definite accusative	kokuyu	kokuları
Dative	kokuya	kokulara
Locative	kokuda	kokularda
Ablative	kokudan	kokulardan
Genitive	kokunun	kokuların
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular kokum kokularım 2nd singular kokun kokuların 3rd singular kokusu kokuları 1st plural kokumuz kokularımız 2nd plural kokunuz kokularınız 3rd plural kokuları kokuları Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular kokumu kokularımı 2nd singular kokunu kokularını 3rd singular kokusunu kokularını 1st plural kokumuzu kokularımızı 2nd plural kokunuzu kokularınızı 3rd plural kokularını kokularını Dative Singular Plural 1st singular kokuma kokularıma 2nd singular kokuna kokularına 3rd singular kokusuna kokularına 1st plural kokumuza kokularımıza 2nd plural kokunuza kokularınıza 3rd plural kokularına kokularına Locative Singular Plural 1st singular kokumda kokularımda 2nd singular kokunda kokularında 3rd singular kokusunda kokularında 1st plural kokumuzda kokularımızda 2nd plural kokunuzda kokularınızda 3rd plural kokularında kokularında Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular kokumdan kokularımdan 2nd singular kokundan kokularından 3rd singular kokusundan kokularından 1st plural kokumuzdan kokularımızdan 2nd plural kokunuzdan kokularınızdan 3rd plural kokularından kokularından Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular kokumun kokularımın 2nd singular kokunun kokularının 3rd singular kokusunun kokularının 1st plural kokumuzun kokularımızın 2nd plural kokunuzun kokularınızın 3rd plural kokularının kokularının
Predicative forms Singular Plural 1st singular kokuyum kokularım 2nd singular kokusun kokularsın 3rd singular koku kokudur kokular kokulardır 1st plural kokuyuz kokularız 2nd plural kokusunuz kokularsınız 3rd plural kokular kokulardır

See also

• kokmak
• koklamak

References

• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013) The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN