cỏ

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

Middle Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *kɔh (“grass”)

Pronunciation

(Đông Kinh) IPA^(key): [kɔ˧˩]

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

(classifier lá, cây) cỏ (𦹵, 𦹯, 苦)

grass

Derived terms

Derived terms

cây cỏ
cỏ cây
cỏ dại

Adjective

cỏ

(literary) negligible

Derived terms

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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