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Galician

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Contraction

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(femininecóa,masculine pluralcós,feminine pluralcóas)

  1. Contraction ofcao:than the.
    O rei é moito máis vellopresidente.
    The king is much olderthan thepresident.

Spanish

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Pronoun

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  1. (colloquial,Caribbean)Alternative form ofcómo

Tày

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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(,Kỳ)

  1. older brother
    chéolder siblings

Etymology 2

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Noun

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(Cố)

  1. chestnuttree
    namchestnutspikes
    Tín ma tức môCố𬙖 ba
    Giò mừ tức máctẩư bâư
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Etymology 3

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Verb

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  1. torent;tohire
    pây kinto become a wage earner
    cần tẳng rườntohirepeople to build a house
  2. tobring up
    lục slon slưto afford school for one's children

Etymology 4

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FromProto-Tai*koːᴮ(to build),fromOld ChineseCấu(OC*koːs). Cognate withLaoກໍ່(),Tai Nüaᥐᥨᥝᥱ(kǒw),Northern Thaiᨠᩬᩴ᩵,Shanၵေႃႇ(kàu),Ahom𑜀𑜦𑜡(),Thaiก่อ(gɔ̀ɔ).

Verb

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  1. tostart
    hết cha̱ng lếchtostarta blacksmithing career
    fa̱n việctố khỏgettingstartedis the always the hardest part
  2. tokindle
    fầy tẳng mỏstarta fire and place the pot on top
    fầy nưa nặmto begin the work in harsh conditions(literally, “tostarta fire on water”)
Derived terms
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Etymology 5

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Verb

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  1. totell fortunes
    mácpền(please add an English translation of this usage example)
Synonyms
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Etymology 6

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Verb

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  1. topay attention
    ngo̱ bấungòi
    I wasn'tpaying attention.
  2. towant;toneed
    Hứn liê̱u bấukin
    So into playing that one doesn'twantto eat

Etymology 7

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FromVietnamese.

Verb

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(Cố)

  1. there be
    Thả xuân thuCốHội 𧏵𫡮
    Thả xuân thu có hội rồng mây
    Waiting for an especially lucky occasion someday

References

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  • Hoàng Văn Ma, Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Chí (2006)Từ điển Tày-Nùng-Việt[Tay-Nung-Vietnamese dictionary] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Từ điển Bách khoa Hà Nội
  • Lương Bèn (2011)Từ điển Tày-Việt[Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎[1][2](in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
  • Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor,Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày[A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎[3](in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội

Venetian

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Etymology

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FromLatincum.

Conjunction

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  1. when

Preposition

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  1. with

Vietnamese

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Etymology

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FromProto-Vietic*kɔːʔ(tohave).Cognate withMuongcỏ.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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(Cố,Cổ,Cố,𣎏)

  1. tohave
    Taohai con xe.
    Ihavetwo motorbikes. / Ihavetwo cars.
    Tôichồng rồi.
    I've alreadyhada husband. / I'm a married woman. / I'm married.
    Cậubút chì không? Cho tớ mượn.
    Do youhavea pencil? May I borrow it?
  2. there be
    Nhà tôihai con.
    There aretwo kids in my family.
    hai người trong phòng.
    There aretwo people in that room.
    việc gì không?
    Is there a problem? / Is there anything I can help you with? / What is it? / Do you have some business here?

Usage notes

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  • When functioning as afull verb,indicates possession in its broadest sense.can also indicate existence, which is equivalent to "there is" or "there are". In many expressions,is simply equivalent to "to have":kinh nghiệm( "to have experience" ),có hai con( "to have two children" ),bạn gái/bạn trai( "to have a girlfriend / boyfriend" ), etc.is also used to formidiomaticexpressions; most idiomatic expressions of the "+ noun "type are equivalent to English" to be + adjective ":hiếu( "to be filial" ),tuổi( "to be old" ), etc. A number of words that containare perceived by native speakers as whole words.has been somewhat bleached of its original meaning in such words ascó khi(maybe, probably),có mặt(to be present),có thể(can, to be able),etc.

Derived terms

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Derived terms

Prefix

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  1. (before verbs,for emphasis or intensification)do;does
    Mày không biết phải không?
    Taobiết!
    You don't know, do you?
    Idoknow, okay?
    Em bị mất vở! Emlàm bài thầy ơi!
    I lost my workbook!I swearI did the assignment!
  2. (before verbs,in questions (generally ending inkhông),not beforeitself)do
    Bạnbiết chúng ta chỉ sử dụng 10% não bộ?
    Có, và đó là chuyện nhảm nhí.
    Did you know we only use 10% of our brain?
    Yes, and that's utter nonsense.
    Anhđịnh đi chơi đâukhông?
    Are you going out?

Usage notes

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  • Together with the negative particlekhông,it froms thekhôngconstruction which is used to form yes-no questions. Seekhông#Usage notesfor more details.
  • Together with the adjectivephải(true, correct)and the negative particlekhông,it froms thecó phảikhôngconstruction which is used to form yes-no questions with an expectation for affirmative answers. Seekhông#Usage notesfor more details.

Interjection

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(Cố,Cổ,Cố,𣎏)

  1. yes;yes,I do
    Bạn có biết chúng ta chỉ sử dụng 10% não bộ?
    ,và đó là chuyện nhảm nhí.
    Did you know we only use 10% of our brain?
    Yes,and that's utter nonsense.
    Các bạn có muốn được nghỉ sớm không?
    !
    Do you want to go home early?
    Heck yeah!
  2. (in response to a roll call)here;I'mhere;present

Adverb

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(Cố,Cổ,Cố,𣎏)

  1. (colloquial)only
    Synonym:chỉ
    Muahai cuốn sách thôi mà có gì ghê?
    Buying just two books, what's so great?
    Chạyxíu mà than với chả thở.
    Run just a little bit but already nagging.

Usage notes

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  • Unlikechỉ,in the sense of "only" is placed after the verb.

See also

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Anagrams

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