cò
See also: Appendix:Variations of "co"
Occitan
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kɔ]
Piedmontese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɔ/
Noun
cò m
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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish cía, from Proto-Celtic *kʷēs (compare Welsh pwy), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kʰoː]
Usage notes
- If followed by the future tense, the relative future tense is used.
- Cò a ruitheas as luaithe? ― Who will run the fastest?
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kɔ˨˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [kɔ˦˩]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [kɔ˨˩]
Noun
Noun
(classifier tên, thằng, gã) cò • (鸜, 𪂮, 𪂯, 𪂲, 𫛈)
- (informal, chiefly derogatory) a broker (mediator between a buyer and seller), especially a deceptive one
Etymology 3
Abbreviated from cò my xe, from French commissaire[1]
Noun
(classifier ông) cò
- (obsolete) chief of police, head of police, superintendent
- Tú Xương, "Ông Cò (Mister Superintendent / Monsieur le Commissaire)", Thơ Trần Tế Xương; published in 1998 by NXB Văn hoá - Thông tin (Culture & Information Publisher)
- Hà Nam danh giá nhất ông cò; Trông thấy ai ai chẳng dám ho.
- Hà Nam's most honoured person, Monsieur le Commissaire; Upon seeing him, cough none dares.
- Hà Nam danh giá nhất ông cò; Trông thấy ai ai chẳng dám ho.
- Tú Xương, "Ông Cò (Mister Superintendent / Monsieur le Commissaire)", Thơ Trần Tế Xương; published in 1998 by NXB Văn hoá - Thông tin (Culture & Information Publisher)
References
- Chéon, A. (1905) Recueil de cent textes annamites, p. xv
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