cổ

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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 (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 (, 𦙶, )

  1. neck
    cổ chaia bottleneck
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Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from . Doublet of .

Adjective

cổ

  1. ancient; "old"; compare (old, but not ancient)
    Ai Cập cổAncient Egypt
  2. antique; "old"; compare (old, but not ancient)
    đồ cổantiques
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Etymology 3

Word formation with distal denotation by adding hỏi tone to the root in Southern Vietnamese and some topolects of Thanh Hoá.

Pronoun

cổ

  1. (colloquial, Southern Vietnam, certain regions of Thanh Hoá) she/her, that young adult woman