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Middle Vietnamese
Etymology
From Proto-Vietic *kɔh (“grass”).
Pronunciation
Noun
cỏ (𦹵, 𦹯, 苦)
- grass
- sang cỏ (cây cỏ) ― flora
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Vietnamese
Etymology
From Proto-Vietic *kɔh (“grass”). Cognate with Thavung ก็อฮ.
Attested as cỏ in the Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (1651).
The sense "marijuana" is probably a calque of English weed.
Pronunciation
Noun
(classifier lá, cây, ngọn) cỏ • (𦹵, 𦹯, 古, 苦)
- grass
- (slang) weed; marijuana
Usage notes
- Usage of the classifier ngọn is literary.
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Adjective
cỏ • (𦹵, 𦹯, 古, 苦)
- (literary) negligible
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