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Vietnamese
Etymology
Compare Old Chinese 巨 (OC *ɡaʔ) (SV: cự) and 渠 (OC *ɡa) (SV: cừ).
Pronunciation
Adjective
cồ • (瞿, 𡚝)
- (obsolete, dialectal) big, large, great, tall
- Thắng cồ ― Tall Thắng
13th century, Trần Nhân Tông, Cư Trần lạc đạo phú 居塵樂道賦, Đệ thất hội 第七會:勉德瞿經裴兀扲戒咹㪰- Treasure great virtue/Love the Buddha, abstain from sweet and savory , keep up the vegan code.
- (obsolete, by extension) clumsy, doltish
- lóng ngóng như gà cồ ― fumbling like a clumsy chicken
Usage notes
In most dialects, cồ meaning "big, large, great, tall" is now only found fossilized in such compounds as gà cồ (“large chicken > mature male chicken, rooster, cock, gamecock”), vịt cồ (“large duck > mature male duck, drake”), cồ cộ (“large locust; large black cicada (dialectal); big, large (rare)”).[1]
See also
cộ
References
- ^ Trần, Trọng Dương. (2009) "Investigation on 'Đại Cồ Việt' (Việt nation - Buddhist nation)" originally published in Hán Nôm, 2 (93) p. 53–75. online version (in Vietnamese)