cò

See also: Appendix:Variations of "co"

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [koː]

Pronoun

cò

who

Cò e? ― Who is he?

Cò i? ― Who is she?

Cò e seo? ― Who is this?

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

(classifier con) cò (鸜, 𪂮, 𪂯, 𪂲, 𫛈)

stork (large wading bird of the family Ciconiidae)
egret

Noun

cò (鸜, 𪂮, 𪂯, 𪂲, 𫛈)

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

Noun

cò (瞿)

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

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