cỏ

cỏ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "co" and со

Middle Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *kɔh (“grass”)

Pronunciation

• (Đông Kinh) IPA^(key): [kɔ˧˩]

Noun

cỏ (𦹵, 𦹯, 苦)

1. grass

   sang cỏ (cây cỏ)

   flora

Derived terms

• muâng cỏ
• ma cỏ

References

• De Rhodes, Alexandre (1651), “cỏ”, Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum

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Vietnamese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kɔ˧˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kɔ˧˨]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kɔ˨˩˦]

Noun

(classifier lá, cây) cỏ (𦹵, 𦹯, 苦)

1. grass

Derived terms

Derived terms

• cây cỏ
• cỏ cây
• cỏ dại

 

Adjective

cỏ

1. (literary) negligible

Derived terms

Derived terms

• giặc cỏ

 

References

• "cỏ" in Hồ Ngọc Đức, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)
• Lê Sơn Thanh, "Nom-Viet.dat", WinVNKey (details)