cỏ

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

Middle Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *kɔh (“grass”)

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) 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”).

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

Terms derived from cỏ

cây cỏ

cỏ cây

cỏ dại

Adjective

cỏ

(literary) negligible

Derived terms

Terms derived from cỏ

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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