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Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Of Sino-Tibetan origin. Compare Burmese ခွက် (hkwak), Proto-Loloish *ʔ-kokᴴ (“cup”) (Bradley) and Naxi kual (“bowl”).
Noun
(classifier cái) cốc • (𤥫, 𤭏)
- (Northern Vietnam) glass, tumbler
See also
Etymology 2
Inherited from Proto-Mon-Khmer *kuk ~ *kuək (“egret”). Cognate with Khmer កុក (kok, “egret”) and Bahnar klang kok (“egret”).
Noun
(classifier con) cốc • (𪁴, 𪁵, 鵒)
- (chim ~) cormorant
- Synonyms: bồ cốc, cồng cộc
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Noun
(classifier cây, quả, trái) cốc • (谷)
- Alternative form of cóc (“Spondias”)
Etymology 4
Glossed in Từ điển cây thuốc Việt Nam by Võ Văn Chi (2019).
Noun
(classifier cây) cốc
- (Quảng Nam) Irvingia malayana
- Synonyms: cầy, kơ nia
Etymology 5
Uncertain. Glossed in Dictionarium Anamitico-Latinum by Jean-Louis Taberd (1838).
Noun
(classifier cây) cốc • (谷)
- (possibly obsolete) Anthyllis indica
Etymology 6
Onomatopoeic.
Interjection
cốc
- (onomatopoeia) knock, the sound of hitting hard objects (usually wood or wooden doors)
- cốc cốc cốc, ai gọi đó? ― knock knock knock, who's there?
Verb
cốc
- to knock (on the head) using one's knuckle
- Synonym: gõ
- cốc vào đầu ― to knock on the head