kohe
See also: kohë
Estonian
editEtymology
editAdverb
editkohe (not comparable)
- at once, immediately, right away
- Mine kohe poodi! ― Go to the store at once!
- right, in the immediate distance of
- Kuur on kohe selle puu taga. ― The barn is right behind that tree.
- (figuratively) soon, in a minute
- Rahune maha, ma kohe tulen. ― Calm down, I'll be there soon. (literally, “I'm coming right away”, but this is most likely not the intention of the speaker)
Hawaiian
editNoun
editkohe
Karajá
editInterjection
editkohe
Usage notes
edit- This term is used in both women's and men's speech.
References
edit- Michael Dunn, Gender determined dialect variation, in The Expression of Gender (edited by Greville G. Corbett)
Maori
editEtymology 1
editFrom Proto-Polynesian *kofe (cognate with Rarotongan ko'e, Samoan ʻofe, Hawaiian ʻohe). Sense of tree comes from similarity of thick stems and leaflet bases to bamboo fronds displacing the original meaning.
Noun
editkohe
Derived terms
edit- kohekohe (by reduplication)
Etymology 2
editNoun
editkohe
- Passiflora tetrandra, a kind of passionfruit endemic to New Zealand.
References
edit- “Kohe, Kohekohe”, in Te Māra Reo, Benson Family Trust, 2023
- Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 155
Warao
editNoun
editkohe