cò

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

• IPA^(key): [koː]

cò

1. who

   Cò e? ― Who is he?

   Cò i? ― Who is she?

   Cò e seo? ― Who is this?

• 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

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *kuk ~ *kuək (“stork, egret”); cognates include Khmer កុក (kok) and Bahnar kok. Related to cốc.

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

(classifier con) cò (鸜, 𪂮, 𪂯, 𪂲, 𫛈)

1. stork (large wading bird of the family Ciconiidae)
2. egret

cò (鸜, 𪂮, 𪂯, 𪂲, 𫛈)

1. (informal, chiefly derogatory) a broker (mediator between a buyer and seller), especially a deceptive one

cò (瞿)

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

   bóp cò ― to pull the trigger