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ku

“ku” is an Albanian word. Its 8 meanings in English:

adverb

  1. where (asking about a place, where or towards which direction)
  2. where ... at
  3. whither, whereto
  4. whence, where from
  5. how (to/that)
  6. where, whither; there, thither (used to connect repetitive verbs; indicating location, direction)

particle

  1. where (used for rhetorical questions)
  2. where to where whither (used repeatedly, to accentuate significant differences between two objects)

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). See also Albanian kur (“when”).

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