koe

• IPA^(key): [koe]

koe

1. rope

• Leenhardt, M. (1935) Vocabulaire et grammaire de la langue Houaïlou, Paris: Institut d'ethnologie. Cited in: "Houaïlou" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
• Leenhardt, M. (1946) Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. Cited in: "Ajiø" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.

From Middle Dutch coe, from Old Dutch cuo, from Proto-West Germanic *kō (“cow”), from Proto-Germanic *kōz (“cow”).

• IPA^(key): /ku/

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• Hyphenation: koe
• Rhymes: -u
• Homophone: coup

koe f (plural koeien, diminutive koetje n)

1. cow; a female of certain mammals, in particular bovines

   Synonym: koebeest

• Afrikaans: koei
• Berbice Creole Dutch: kui
• Jersey Dutch: kû, kûche, kûtše, kûtśe
• Negerhollands: koei, kui, kuj
• Skepi Creole Dutch: kui
• → Loup A: kui (derived from a colloquial form)
• → Mahican: kójak
• → Munsee: kóowuy, kooy

• oké

koe

1. genitive singular of kude

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoeˣ/, [ˈko̞e̞(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -oe
• Hyphenation^(key): koe

kokea +‎ -e

koe

1. experiment (test under controlled conditions)

   tieteellinen koe ― scientific experiment

2. trial, test (opportunity to test something out)

   Uudelle laitteistolle tehdään kokeet ensi viikolla.

   They will perform the trials for the new equipment next week.

3. (education) examination, test, exam

   Synonym: tentti

   suullinen koe ― oral examination / oral test

   Ensi viikko on koeviikko.

   Next week is an exam week.

4. (medicine) test (quick, to verify or close out a disease); trial (usually in plural, series, often for research)

   Synonym: testi

   HIV-koe ― HIV test

   kliininen koe ― clinical trial

5. (in compounds) pilot (made or used as a test or demonstration of capability)

   uuden tehtaan koekäyttö ― a pilot run of the new factory

   Koetehdas osoitti tarpeen tehdä merkittäviä muutoksia prosessiin.

   The pilot plant showed the need for major process changes.

• koetella
• koettaa
• kokea

• “koe”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

koe

1. inflection of kokea:
   1. present active indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular present imperative
   3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

• eko, eko-

koe

1. Rōmaji transcription of こえ

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)kahu, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)kaSu. Compare Indonesian kau, Tagalog ikaw, Javanese kowe.

koe

1. you (singular)

Onomatopoeic

koe

1. (of a bird or animal) to squeak, scream, squawk or cry

• koekoe

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)kahu, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)kaSu.

koe

1. singular 2nd person pronoun: you

Related to South Marquesan ʻoe (“you”).

koe

1. you

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)kahu, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)kaSu.

koe

1. second person singular; you

From Proto-Polynesian *koe. Cognates include Hawaiian ʻoe and Samoan 'oe.

• IPA^(key): [ˈko.e]
• Hyphenation: ko‧e

koe

1. thou, you (singular)

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎^[2], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 163