Ku
Ku,(kud- and kum-) 3rd stem of interrog.pron.ka (on form and meaning cp.kad;=Lat.* qǔu in (qǔ)ubi,like katara ‹ (qǔ)uter; cp.also Vedic kū how? Sk.kutra,kutaḥ,kuha,kva) where? when? whither? whence? As adv.in cpds.in disparaging sense of “what of”? i.e.nothing of,bad,wrong,little,e.g.kum-magga wrong path; kuk-kucca=kud-kicca doing wrong,troubling about little=worry.--kuṁ at PvA.57 (in expl.of kuñjara) is interpreted as paṭhavi.
1.Kuto where from? whence? Dh.62; k°bhayaṁ whence i.e.why fear? Dh.212 sq.; Sn.270,862; Pv.II,69; how? J.VI,330; with nu whence or why then? Sn.1049 (=kacci ssu Nd2 s.v.).kut-ettha=kuto ettha J.I.53.--na kuto from nowhere Sn.35,919; a-kuto id.in akutobhaya “with nothing to fear from anywhere” i.e.with no reason for fear S.I,192; Th.1,510; Th.11,333; Sn.561 (modāmi akutobhayo); Pv.II,121 (id.); kuto-ja arisen from where? Sn.270; --°nidāna having its foundation or origin in what? Sn.270,864 sq.
2.Kudā at what time,when? (cp.kadā) Pug.27; indef.kudācanaṁ:at any time,na k° never Sn.221 (expl.by soḷasim pi kalaṁ SnA 277); Dh.5,210; Bdhd 125; gamanena na pattabbo lokass’anto k° “by walking,the end of the world can never be reached” S.I,62.
3.Kuva, kva,where? Sn.970 (kuvaṁ & kuva) indef.kvaci anywhere; with na:nowhere; yassa n’atthi upamā kvaci “of whom (i.e.of Gotama) there is no likeness anywhere” Sn.1137; cp.218,395; expld by Nd2 like kuhiñci.kuvaṁ at D.III,183.
4.Kutha (kudha) where? J.V,485 (=kuhiṁ).
5.Kuhiṁ (=kuhaṁ,cp.Sk.kuha) where? whither? Often with fut.:k° bhikkhu gamissati Sn.411; ko gacchasi where are you going? Pv.II,81; tvaṁ ettakaṁ divasaṁ k° gatā where have you been all these days? PvA.6; 13; 42; indef.kuhiñci,anywhere,with na k°:nowhere,or:not in anything,in:n’atthi taṇhā k° loke “he has no desire for anything in this world” Sn.496,783,1048 see Nd on 783 & 1048=kimhici; Dh.180.(Page 218)