kudo
See also: kūdõ and Kūdõ
English
Etymology
Back-formation from kudos, as if it were a plural with -s.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkuːdəʊ/, /ˈkjuːdəʊ/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -uːdəʊ
Noun
kudo (plural kudos)
- (nonstandard, proscribed) A compliment or praise.
- 1929 February 18, "Harkness Lampooned", in Time,
- Tycoon George Fisher Baker built Harvard's Business School in 1924, was given a kudo Ph.D.
- 2001, Terry T. Lankford et al., Controlling Pilot Error: Controlled Flight Into Terrain, →ISBN, page 49:
- At this point we need to give this pilot a kudo.
- 2004, Suzanne Paola, Tell It Slant: Writing and Shaping Creative Nonfiction, →ISBN, page 162:
- We still feel a kudo for one of us is a kudo for the group, as we have nurtured, edited, and prodded each other for much of our writing careers.
- 1929 February 18, "Harkness Lampooned", in Time,
Translations
compliment or praise
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Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkudoˣ/, [ˈkudo̞(ʔ)]
- Rhymes: -udo
- Syllabification(key): ku‧do
Verb
kudo
- present active indicative connegative of kutoa
- second-person singular present imperative of kutoa
- second-person singular present active imperative connegative of kutoa
Anagrams
- doku
Ido
Etymology
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Noun
kudo (plural kudi)
- (anatomy) elbow
Derived terms
- kudigar (“to make an elbow”)
Japanese
Romanization
kudo
- Rōmaji transcription of くど
Javanese
Noun
kudo
- Nonstandard spelling of kuda.
Spanish
Etymology
Japanese 空道.
Noun
kudo m (uncountable)
- (martial arts) kudo
Hypernyms
- deporte de combate
Veps
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *kutu. Cognates include Finnish kutu.
Noun
kudo
- spawn (of fish, amphibians)
Inflection
| Inflection of kudo (inflection type 1/ilo) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative sing. | kudo | ||
| genitive sing. | kudon | ||
| partitive sing. | kudod | ||
| partitive plur. | — | ||
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kudo | — | |
| accusative | kudon | — | |
| genitive | kudon | — | |
| partitive | kudod | — | |
| essive-instructive | kudon | — | |
| translative | kudoks | — | |
| inessive | kudos | — | |
| elative | kudospäi | — | |
| illative | kudho kudoho | — | |
| adessive | kudol | — | |
| ablative | kudolpäi | — | |
| allative | kudole | — | |
| abessive | kudota | — | |
| comitative | kudonke | — | |
| prolative | kudodme | — | |
| approximative I | kudonno | — | |
| approximative II | kudonnoks | — | |
| egressive | kudonnopäi | — | |
| terminative I | kudhosai kudohosai | — | |
| terminative II | kudolesai | — | |
| terminative III | kudossai | — | |
| additive I | kudhopäi kudohopäi | — | |
| additive II | kudolepäi | — | |
References
- Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “икра”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika