kö

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Same spelling, different tones

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• ko(expressing the sound of a hard hollow substance)
• kóto hold together; draw together; darn; to sew; tack; baste; seam; stitch
• kònot. kò is the simple form of the negative; to gather, to take a large quantity; to plunder; rob; forage; to meet; confront; oppose; rekindle a fire by scraping together half-burnt wood
• kômaster; note; yell
• kõobject
• kọnot. see kì; to emit flashes of light (as lightning); be vivid; yell; crow; to call to one at a distance; write; make marks upon; tattoo; to refuse; be unwilling; rebel; revolt
• kọ́clasp; hook; not. kò is the simple form of the negative; to learn; acquire; teach; instruct; advise; fabricate; construct; build
• ènáused only in the following proverb:-bi iwọ ko ni owo o kò ni ènà, bi o kò ni ènà o kò ni ohun rere lẹnu, "if you have no money (to give a person in distress) can you not pay visits, and if you cannot pay visits can you not send some kind messages?" hence the title "apènà," which means "one who calls together.
• gbọdọdare; shall; must; often used with ko, “not.”