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cỏ

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Middle Vietnamese

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Etymology

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From Proto-Vietic *kɔh (grass).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cỏ (𦹵, 𦹯, )

  1. grass
    sang cỏ (cây cỏ)flora

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Vietnamese

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Etymology

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From Proto-Vietic *kɔh (grass). Cognate with Thavung ก็อฮ.

Attested as cỏ in the Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (1651).

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(classifier , cây, ngọn) cỏ (𦹵, 𦹯, , )

  1. grass
    Đi cắt cỏ cho trâu ăn.To cut grass to feed buffaloes.
  2. weed (any plant unwanted at the place where and at the time when it is growing)
    Nhổ cỏ.To pull weeds.
  3. (slang) weed; marijuana

Usage notes

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  • Usage of the classifier ngọn is literary.

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Adjective

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cỏ (𦹵, 𦹯, , )

  1. (literary) negligible

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