Middle Vietnamese

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Etymology

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From Proto-Vietic *kɔh (grass).

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Noun

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cỏ (𦹵, 𦹯, )

  1. grass
    sang cỏ (cây cỏ)flora

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Vietnamese

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Etymology

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From Middle Vietnamese cỏ, from Proto-Vietic *kɔh (grass). Cognate with Thavung ก็อฮ.

The sense "marijuana" is probably a calque of English weed.

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Noun

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(classifier , cây, ngọn) cỏ (𦹵, 𦹯, , )

  1. grass
  2. (slang) weed; marijuana

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  • Usage of the classifier ngọn is literary.

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Adjective

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cỏ (𦹵, 𦹯, , )

  1. (literary) negligible

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