cô

See also: Appendix:Variations of "co"

Canela

Etymology

From Proto-Northern Jê *ŋgô (“water”) < Proto-Cerrado *ŋgôj’ (“water”) < (?) Proto-Jê *ŋgə̂₁j’ ~ *ŋgə̂₂j (“water”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ko/

Noun

cô

1. water

   Me cupê cô jamreara.

   They had no water./There was no water for them.

   Cô te arỳjhy jaxir.

   The water covered the rice.

Ligurian

Noun

cô m (please provide plural)

1. color

Sicilian

Preposition

cô

1. Contraction of cu lu (“with the”).

Slovincian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *kʷís

Proto-Balto-Slavic *ki

Proto-Slavic *čь

Proto-Indo-European *só

Proto-Balto-Slavic *tas

Proto-Slavic *tъ

Proto-Slavic *čьto

Slovincian cô

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čьto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sɵ/
• Rhymes: -ɵ
• Syllabification: cô

Conjunction

cô

1. introduces a subordinate clause; that; in order to
2. so that

Particle

cô

1. Introduces indirect speech.
2. as such

Pronoun

cô

1. interrogative pronoun; what?
2. relative pronoun; that what..., which, that

Further reading

• Lorentz, Friedrich (1908) “cɵ”, in Slovinzisches Wörterbuch‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Saint Petersburg: ОРЯС ИАН, page 127
• Lorentz, Friedrich (1908) “cʉ̀ɵ̯”, in Slovinzisches Wörterbuch‎^[2] (in German), volume 1, Saint Petersburg: ОРЯС ИАН, page 128

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ko˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kow˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [kow˧˧]

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Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 姑.

Noun

cô

1. a paternal aunt (father's sister)

Usage notes

• In cô chú (“paternal aunt and her husband”), cô cậu (“you girls and boys”), vợ chồng (“wife and husband”), dì dượng (“maternal aunt and her husband; stepmother and stepfather”), the words for females always come first. In most other phrases, the words for males usually come first, except in certain poetic contexts such as mẹ cha (“mum and dad”) as opposed to the usual cha mẹ (“dad and mum”).

Derived terms

• cô bé (“little girl”)
• cô gái (“girl; young woman”)
• cổ
• sư cô

See also

• chú
• dượng

Pronoun

cô

1. I/me, your paternal aunt

   Antonyms: cháu, con

2. I/me, a woman who's (presumably) slightly younger than either of your parents

   Antonyms: cháu, con

3. you, my paternal aunt

   Antonyms: cháu, con

4. you, a woman who's (presumably) slightly younger than either of my parents

   Antonyms: cháu, con

5. (familiar) you, a female who's (presumably) slightly younger than me

   Synonym: em

   Antonyms: anh, tôi

6. (honorific) you, my young mistress, my old master's daughter
7. (formal, chiefly in fiction or translation) you, a young adult woman

   Synonym: chị

   Antonym: tôi

8. (unfriendly) you, my wife with whom I'm not happy

   Antonym: tôi

9. (humorous or ironic) you, Missy or young lady

   Synonym: cô nương

   Antonym: tôi

10. (literary) she/her, that young adult woman

Synonyms

• o

See also

• anh

Etymology 2

Short for cô giáo (“female teacher”).

Noun

cô

1. (informal) Short for cô giáo (“female teacher”).

Pronoun

cô

1. I/me, your older female teacher

   Antonym: em

2. you, my older female teacher

   Antonym: em

3. you, my or my child's female teacher who's (presumably) as old as or younger than me

   Antonym: tôi

4. you, my child's female teacher who's (presumably) slightly older than me

   Antonym: em

5. she/her, my/your/our female teacher

Synonyms

• o

See also

• thầy

Etymology 3

Sino-Vietnamese word from 孤 (“lonesome”).

Pronoun

cô

1. (Chinese fiction, humble) I/me
   • 14th century, Luo Guanzhong Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Ch. 78; 1909 Vietnamese translation by Phan Kế Bính

     Hán Trung vương nói: - Cô kết nghĩa với Quan, Trương hai em ở vườn đào, thề cùng sống thác với nhau. Nay Vân Trường chẳng may bị hại, cô sao hưởng phú quý một mình được!

     The King of Hanzhong said: - I swore an oath of fraternal rectitude with my two younger oath-brothers Guan, Zhang in the peach garden, pledging to live and die together. Now [Guan] Yunzhang unfortunately has been maliciously murdered, how can I enjoy riches by myself?

See also

• quả nhân
• trẫm
• bất cốc