cò

Possibly from Latin casa (“house”).

• IPA^(key): [kɔ]

cò

1. at

   en cò sieu ― at (his/her) home

2. in

   en cò nòstre ― in individual/local trials

3. among

   a cò de las graminèas ― among the grasses

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ/

cò m

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From Old Irish cía, from Proto-Celtic *kʷēs (compare Welsh pwy), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷis.

• IPA^(key): [kʰoː]

cò

1. who

   Cò e? ― Who is he?

   Cò i? ― Who is she?

   Cò e seo? ― Who is this?

   Cò leis thu? ― Who are your people?

2. In conjunction with the preposition à: where ... from

   Cò às a tha thu? ― Where are you from?

   Cò am bad às a tha thu? ― Which part are you from?

   Cò às a thug thu an t-iomradh? ― Where have you rowed from?

3. In conjunction with the prepositions ri or de: what

   Cò ris a tha e coltach? ― What is it like?

   Cò dheth a tha e air a dhèanamh? ― What is it made of?

• If followed by the future tense, the relative future tense is used.

  Cò a ruitheas as luaithe? ― Who will run the fastest?

• ge be cò

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kɔ˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kɔ˦˩]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kɔ˨˩]

(classifier con) cò • (𫛈, 𪂲, 鷺, 𪂮, 孤)

1. stork (large wading bird of the family Ciconiidae)
   • Cò Lả "The Graceful Stork" (Red River Delta's folk-song), performance by Thu Huyền

     Con cò, cò bay lả, lả bay la; bay từ là từ cửa phủ, bay ra là ra cánh đồng.

     The stork flies gracefully from the palace's gate out into the field.

2. egret
3. (colloquial, slightly childish) penis, pee-pee

(classifier tên, thằng, gã) cò • (𫛈, 𪂲, 鷺, 𪂮, 孤)

1. (informal, chiefly derogatory) a broker (mediator between a buyer and seller), especially a deceptive one, or the money paid for such broker

• cò mồi
• tiền cò

Abbreviated from cò my xe, from French commissaire.[1]

(classifier ông) cò

1. (obsolete) chief of police, head of police, superintendent
   • Tú Xương, "Ông Cò (Mister Superintendent / Monsieur le Commissaire)", Thơ Trần Tế Xương; published in 1998 by NXB Văn hoá - Thông tin (Culture & Information Publisher)

     Hà Nam danh giá nhất ông cò; Trông thấy ai ai chẳng dám ho.

     Hà Nam's most honoured person, Monsieur le Commissaire; Upon seeing him, cough none dares.

cò • (瞿)

1. a trigger (finger-operated lever used to fire a gun)

   bóp cò ― to pull the trigger