cổ
See also: Appendix:Variations of "co"
Vietnamese edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ko˧˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [kow˧˨]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [kow˨˩˦]
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Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Vietic *koh (“throat; neck”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *kɔʔ ~ *kɔ(ɔ)k (“neck”); cognates include Khmer ក (kɑɑ), Bahnar hơko, Mon ကံ. Compare Proto-Tai *ɣo:ᴬ.
Noun edit
- neck
- cổ tay ― a wrist
- cổ chân ― an ankle
- cổ chai ― a bottleneck
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Etymology 2 edit
Sino-Vietnamese word from 古. Doublet of cũ.
Adjective edit
cổ
- ancient; "old"; compare cũ (“old, but not ancient”)
- Ai Cập cổ ― Ancient Egypt
- antique; "old"; compare cũ (“old, but not ancient”)
- đồ cổ ― antiques
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Etymology 3 edit
Contraction of cô + the demonstrative ấy (“that”) in the southern dialects, with the latter manifested as the hỏi tone after monosyllabification.
Pronoun edit
cổ
- (Southern Vietnam) she/her, that young adult woman