See also: coc, COC, cóc, còc, and čoc

Vietnamese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Of Sino-Tibetan origin. Compare Burmese ခွက် (hkwak), Proto-Loloish *ʔ-kokᴴ (cup) (Bradley) and Naxi kual (bowl).

Noun

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(classifier cái) cốc (𤥫, 𤭏)

  1. (Northern Vietnam) glass, tumbler

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Etymology 2

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Inherited from Proto-Mon-Khmer *kuk ~ *kuək (egret). Cognate with Khmer កុក (kok, egret) and Bahnar klang kok (egret).

Noun

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(classifier con) cốc (𪁴, 𪁵, )

  1. (chim ~) cormorant
    Synonyms: bồ cốc, cồng cộc
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Etymology 3

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Noun

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(classifier cây, quả, trái) cốc ()

  1. Alternative form of cóc (Spondias)

Etymology 4

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Glossed in Từ điển cây thuốc Việt Nam [Vietnamese Dictionary of Medicinal Herbs] by Võ Văn Chi (2019).

Noun

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(classifier cây) cốc

  1. (Quảng Nam) Irvingia malayana
    Synonyms: cầy, kơ nia

Etymology 5

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Uncertain. Glossed in Dictionarium Anamitico-Latinum [Anmamese-Latin Dictionary] by Jean-Louis Taberd (1838).

Noun

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(classifier cây) cốc ()

  1. (possibly obsolete) Anthyllis indica

Etymology 6

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Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

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cốc

  1. (onomatopoeia) knock, the sound of hitting hard objects (usually wood or wooden doors)
    cốc cốc cốc, ai gọi đó?knock knock knock, who's there?

Verb

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cốc

  1. to knock (on the head) using one's knuckle
    Synonym:
    cốc vào đầuto knock on the head