cò

See also: Appendix:Variations of "co"

Occitan

Etymology

Possibly from Latin casa (“house”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɔ]

Preposition

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

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ/

Noun

cò m

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kʰoː]

Pronoun

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?

Usage notes

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

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

Derived terms

• ge be cò

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kɔ˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kɔ˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [kɔ˨˩]

Etymology 1

Noun

(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

Etymology 2

It is proposed to be from French commission and to mean originally "commission" (still preserved in tiền cò (“commission money”)). If so, then it has semantically evolved from "commission" to "somebody who is commissioned" to "broker, mediator".

Doublet of còm in tiền còm, from the same French word.

Noun

(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

Derived terms

• cò mồi
• tiền cò

Etymology 3

Abbreviated from cò my xe, from French commissaire.

Doublet of cẩm (“‘chief of police’ > ‘police officer’ > ‘police’”), from the same French word.

Noun

(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.

2. (obsolete, by extension) police officer
   • 1932, Phan Khôi, “Một vụ án phân xử rất công bình (A Very Fair Trial)”, Trung Lập 6645

     Như một vụ kiện vịt mới rồi trong cò bót Chợ Lớn, mà ông cò xử giỏi quá, chúng tôi chưa biết ông cò ấy là ông nào, nhưng hãy để lời khen ngợi ở đây và luôn tiện thuật đầu đuôi cho độc giả nghe.

     For instance, a police officer - we still don't know which one - in Chợ Lớn police station has tried a recent duck-related case so competently that we praise him here and also tell you our readers the whole story.

Derived terms

• cò bót

Etymology 4

Noun

cò • (瞿)

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

   bóp cò ― to pull the trigger