cỏ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "co" and со

Middle Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *kɔh (“grass”).

Pronunciation

(Đông Kinh) [kɔ^C1]

Noun

cỏ (𦹵, 𦹯, 苦)

grass
sang cỏ (cây cỏ) ― flora

Derived terms

muâng cỏ
ma cỏ

References

De Rhodes, Alexandre (1651), “cỏ”, Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum.

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Middle Vietnamese cỏ, from Proto-Vietic *kɔh (“grass”). Cognate with Thavung ก็อฮ.

The sense "marijuana" is probably a calque of English weed.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

(classifier lá, cây) cỏ • (𦹵, 𦹯, 古, 苦)

grass
(slang) weed; marijuana

See also

Derived terms

cây cỏ
cỏ bợ
cỏ cây
cỏ dại
cỏ gà
cỏ rác
cỏ tranh
rau cỏ
xanh cỏ

Adjective

cỏ • (𦹵, 𦹯, 古, 苦)

(literary) negligible

See also

Derived terms

giặc cỏ

References

"cỏ" in Hồ Ngọc Đức, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)
Lê Sơn Thanh, "Nom-Viet.dat", WinVNKey (details)

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