kohe
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See also: kohë
Estonian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adverb
[edit]kohe (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
[edit]Noun
[edit]kohe
Karajá
[edit]Interjection
[edit]kohe
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
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From 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
[edit]kohe
Derived terms
[edit]- kohekohe (by reduplication)
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]kohe
- 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
[edit]Noun
[edit]kohe