Galician edit

Contraction edit

(feminine cóa, masculine plural cós, feminine plural cóas)

  1. Contraction of ca o: than the.
    O rei é moito máis vello presidente.
    The king is much older than the president.

Spanish edit

Pronoun edit

  1. (colloquial, Caribbean) Alternative form of cómo

Tày edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Noun edit

(,)

  1. older brother
    chéolder siblings

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

()

  1. chestnut tree
    nam chestnut spikes
    伩摩即模𬙖芭
    Giò mừ tức mác tẩư bâư
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Etymology 3 edit

Verb edit

  1. to rent; to hire
    pây kin to become a wage earner
    cần tẳng rườnto hire people to build a house
  2. to bring up
    lục slon slưto afford school for one's children

Derived terms edit

Etymology 4 edit

From Proto-Tai *koːᴮ (to build), from Old Chinese (OC *koːs). Cognate with Lao ກໍ່ (), Tai Nüa ᥐᥨᥝᥱ (kǒw), Northern Thai ᨠᩬᩴ᩵, Shan ၵေႃႇ (kàu), Ahom 𑜀𑜦𑜡 (), Thai ก่อ (gɔ̀ɔ).

Verb edit

  1. to start
    hết cha̱ng lếchto start a blacksmithing career
    fa̱n việc tố khỏgetting started is the always the hardest part
  2. to kindle
    fầy tẳng mỏstart a fire and place the pot on top
    fầy nưa nặmto begin the work in harsh conditions (literally, “to start a fire on water”)

Derived terms edit

Etymology 5 edit

Verb edit

  1. to tell fortunes
    mác pền(please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms edit

Etymology 6 edit

Verb edit

  1. to pay attention
    ngo̱ bấu ngòi
    I wasn't paying attention.
  2. to want; to need
    Hứn liê̱u bấu kin
    So into playing that one doesn't want to eat

Etymology 7 edit

From Vietnamese .

Verb edit

()

  1. there be
    且春秋會𧏵𫡮
    Thả xuân thu có hội rồng mây
    Waiting for an especially lucky occasion someday

References edit

  • Hoàng Văn Ma, Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Chí (2006) Từ điển Tày-Nùng-Việt [Tay-Nung-Vietnamese dictionary] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Từ điển Bách khoa Hà Nội
  • Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎[1][2] (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
  • Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎[3] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội

Venetian edit

Etymology edit

From Latin cum.

Conjunction edit

  1. when

Preposition edit

  1. with

Vietnamese edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Vietic *kɔːʔ (to have). Cognate with Muong cỏ.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

(, , , 𣎏)

  1. to have
    Tao hai con xe.
    I have two motorbikes. / I have two cars.
    Tôi chồng rồi.
    I've already had a husband. / I'm a married woman. / I'm married.
    Cậu bút chì không? Cho tớ mượn.
    Do you have a pencil? May I borrow it?
  2. there be
    Nhà tôi hai con.
    There are two kids in my family.
    hai người trong phòng.
    There are two people in that room.
    việc gì không ?
    Is there a problem? / Is there anything I can help you with? / What is it? / Do you have some business here?

Usage notes edit

  • When functioning as a full verb, indicates possession in its broadest sense. can also indicate existence, which is equivalent to "there is" or "there are". In many expressions, is simply equivalent to "to have": kinh nghiệm ("to have experience"), có hai con ("to have two children"), bạn gái / bạn trai ("to have a girlfriend / boyfriend"), etc. is also used to form idiomatic expressions; most idiomatic expressions of the " + noun" type are equivalent to English "to be + adjective": hiếu ("to be filial"), tuổi ("to be old"), etc. A number of words that contain are perceived by native speakers as whole words. has been somewhat bleached of its original meaning in such words as có khi (maybe, probably), có mặt (to be present), có thể (can, to be able), etc.

Derived terms edit

Derived terms

Prefix edit

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  1. (before verbs, for emphasis or intensification) do; does
    Mày không biết phải không?
    Tao biết!
    You don't know, do you?
    I do know, okay?
    Em bị mất vở! Em làm bài thầy ơi!
    I lost my workbook! I swear I did the assignment!
  2. (before verbs, in questions (generally ending in không), not before itself) do
    Bạn biết chúng ta chỉ sử dụng 10% não bộ?
    Có, và đó là chuyện nhảm nhí.
    Did you know we only use 10% of our brain?
    Yes, and that's utter nonsense.
    Anh định đi chơi đâu không?
    Are you going out?

Usage notes edit

  • Together with the negative particle không, it froms the không construction which is used to form yes-no questions. See không#Usage notes for more details.
  • Together with the adjective phải (true, correct) and the negative particle không, it froms the có phảikhông construction which is used to form yes-no questions with an expectation for affirmative answers. See không#Usage notes for more details.

Interjection edit

(, , , 𣎏)

  1. yes; yes, I do
    Bạn có biết chúng ta chỉ sử dụng 10% não bộ?
    , và đó là chuyện nhảm nhí.
    Did you know we only use 10% of our brain?
    Yes, and that's utter nonsense.
    Các bạn có muốn được nghỉ sớm không?
    !
    Do you want to go home early?
    Heck yeah!
  2. (in response to a roll call) here; I'm here; present

Adverb edit

(, , , 𣎏)

  1. (colloquial) only
    Synonym: chỉ
    Mua hai cuốn sách thôi mà có gì ghê?
    Buying just two books, what's so great?
    Chạy xíu mà than với chả thở.
    Run just a little bit but already nagging.

Usage notes edit

  • Unlike chỉ, in the sense of "only" is placed after the verb.

See also edit

Anagrams edit