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