cô

From Proto-Northern Jê *ŋgô (“water”) < Proto-Cerrado *ŋgôj’ (“water”) < (?) Proto-Jê *ŋgə̂₁j’ ~ *ŋgə̂₂j (“water”).

• IPA^(key): /ko/

cô

1. water

   Me cupê cô jamreara.

   They had no water./There was no water for them.

   Cô te arỳjhy jaxir.

   The water covered the rice.

cô m (please provide plural)

1. color

cô

1. Contraction of cu lu (“with the”).

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čьto.

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sɵ/
• Syllabification: cô

cô

1. introduces a subordinate clause; that; in order to
2. so that

cô

1. Introduces indirecet speech.
2. as such

cô

1. interrogative pronoun; what?
2. relative pronoun; that what..., which, that

• Lorentz, Friedrich (1908) “cɵ”, in Slovinzisches Wörterbuch‎ (in German), volume 1, Saint Petersburg: ОРЯС ИАН, page 127
• Lorentz, Friedrich (1908) “cʉ̀ɵ̯”, in Slovinzisches Wörterbuch‎ (in German), volume 1, Saint Petersburg: ОРЯС ИАН, page 128

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ko˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kow˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kow˧˧]

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Sino-Vietnamese word from 姑.

cô

1. a paternal aunt (father's sister)

• In cô chú (“paternal aunt and her husband”), cô cậu (“you girls and boys”), vợ chồng (“wife and husband”), dì dượng (“maternal aunt and her husband; stepmother and stepfather”), the words for females always come first. In most other phrases, the words for males usually come first, except in certain poetic contexts such as mẹ cha (“mum and dad”) as opposed to the usual cha mẹ (“dad and mum”).

• cô bé (“little girl”)
• cô gái (“girl; young woman”)
• cổ
• sư cô

• chú
• dượng

cô

1. I/me, your paternal aunt

   Antonyms: cháu, con

2. I/me, a woman who's (presumably) slightly younger than either of your parents

   Antonyms: cháu, con

3. you, my paternal aunt

   Antonyms: cháu, con

4. you, a woman who's (presumably) slightly younger than either of my parents

   Antonyms: cháu, con

5. (familiar) you, a female who's (presumably) slightly younger than me

   Synonym: em

   Antonyms: anh, tôi

6. (honorific) you, my young mistress, my old master's daughter
7. (formal, chiefly in fiction or translation) you, a young adult woman

   Synonym: chị

   Antonym: tôi

8. (unfriendly) you, my wife with whom I'm not happy

   Antonym: tôi

9. (humorous or ironic) you, Missy or young lady

   Synonym: cô nương

   Antonym: tôi

10. (literary) she/her, that young adult woman

• anh

Short for cô giáo (“female teacher”).

cô

1. (informal) Short for cô giáo (“female teacher”).

cô

1. I/me, your older female teacher

   Antonym: em

2. you, my older female teacher

   Antonym: em

3. you, my or my child's female teacher who's (presumably) as old as or younger than me

   Antonym: tôi

4. you, my child's female teacher who's (presumably) slightly older than me

   Antonym: em

5. she/her, my/your/our female teacher

• thầy

Sino-Vietnamese word from 孤 (“lonesome”).

cô

1. (Chinese fiction, humble) I/me
   • 14th century, Luo Guanzhong Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Ch. 78; 1909 Vietnamese translation by Phan Kế Bính

     Hán Trung vương nói: - Cô kết nghĩa với Quan, Trương hai em ở vườn đào, thề cùng sống thác với nhau. Nay Vân Trường chẳng may bị hại, cô sao hưởng phú quý một mình được!

     The King of Hanzhong said: - I swore an oath of fraternal rectitude with my two younger oath-brothers Guan, Zhang in the peach garden, pledging to live and die together. Now [Guan] Yunzhang unfortunately has been maliciously murdered, how can I enjoy riches by myself?

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