cổ

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "co"

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *koh (“throat; neck”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *kɔʔ ~ *kɔ(ɔ)k (“neck”). Cognates include Tho kɔː⁵, Khmer ក (kɑɑ), Bahnar hơko, Mon ကံ. Compare Proto-Tai *ɣo:ᴬ.

Noun

cổ • (古, 𦙶, 股)

  1. neck
    cổ tay ― a wrist
    cổ chân ― an ankle
    cổ chai ― a bottleneck
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Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 古. Doublet of cũ.

Adjective

cổ

  1. ancient; "old"; compare cũ (“old, but not ancient”)
    Ai Cập cổ ― Ancient Egypt
  2. antique; "old"; compare cũ (“old, but not ancient”)
    đồ cổ ― antiques
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Etymology 3

Contraction of cô + the demonstrative ấy (“that”) in the southern dialects, with the latter manifested as the hỏi tone after monosyllabification.

Pronoun

cổ

  1. (Southern Vietnam) she/her, that young adult woman
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