kao
Finnish
Verb
kao
- inflection of kakoa:
- present active indicative connegative
- second-person singular present imperative
- second-person singular present active imperative connegative
Anagrams
Hawaiian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkao̯/, [ˈkɐo̯]
Mandarin
Romanization
kao
Usage notes
- Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
- (Common slang): ko
- (Chavakian Ikavian): kaj
- (Montenegrin): ka
Etymology
From kȁko.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kâo/
- Hyphenation: ka‧o
Adverb
kȁo (Cyrillic spelling ка̏о)
Conjunction
kȁo (Cyrillic spelling ка̏о)
- (in comparisons, commonly followed by da) as, as if, as though, like (in a real or affected manner suggested)
- Šepa kao (da je) ozlijeđen. ― He's limping like he's hurt.
- (in comparisons, with nominative, informal) as, like (=poput)
- Nije visok kao ja. ― He is not (as) tall as I am.
- (in comparisons, with genitive, emphatic) as, as much as (to such an extent or degree)
- Imamo hrane kao blata. ― We have food for days.
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