cồ

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Vietnamese

Etymology

Compare Old Chinese (OC *ɡaʔ) (SV: cự) and (OC *ɡa) (SV: cừ).

Pronunciation

Adjective

cồ (, 𡚝)

  1. (obsolete, dialectal) big, large, great, tall
    Thắng cồTall Thắng
    • 13th century, Trần Nhân Tông, Cư Trần lạc đạo phú 居塵樂道賦, Đệ thất hội 第七會:
      (mến)(đức)(cồ)(kiêng)(bùi)(ngọt)(cầm)(giới)(ăn)(chay)
      Treasure great virtue/Love the Buddha, abstain from sweet and savory , keep up the vegan code.
  2. (obsolete, by extension) clumsy, doltish
    lóng ngóng như gà cồfumbling 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

  1. ^ 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)