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Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Vietic *koh (“throat; neck”), from Proto-Austroasiatic *kɔːʔ (“neck”) (Sidwell, 2024). Cognate with Tho kɔː⁵, Khmer ក (kɑɑ), Bahnar hơko, Mon ကံ. For a case of similar coda mismatch between PV and PAA forms, see vả, and also Muong nỏ.
The PV form is probably unrelated to Proto-Tai *ɣo:ᴬ.
Noun
cổ • (古, 𦙶, 股)
- neck
- cổ chai ― a bottleneck
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Etymology 2
Sino-Vietnamese word from 古. Doublet of cũ.
Adjective
cổ
- ancient; "old"; compare cũ (“old, but not ancient”)
- Ai Cập cổ ― Ancient Egypt
- antique; "old"; compare cũ (“old, but not ancient”)
- đồ cổ ― antiques
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Etymology 3
Word formation with distal denotation by adding hỏi tone to the root cô in Southern Vietnamese and some topolects of Thanh Hoá.
Pronoun
cổ
- (colloquial, Southern Vietnam, certain regions of Thanh Hoá) she/her, that young adult woman