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See also:Appendix:Variations of "co"
Galician
[edit]Contraction
[edit]có(femininecóa,masculine pluralcós,feminine pluralcóas)
- Contraction ofcao:than the.
- O rei é moito máis vellocópresidente.
- The king is much olderthan thepresident.
Spanish
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]có
- (colloquial,Caribbean)Alternative form ofcómo
Tày
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Thạch An–Tràng Định)IPA(key):[kɔ˧˥]
- (Trùng Khánh)IPA(key):[kɔ˦]
Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]- older brother
- cóché―older siblings
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]có(Cố)
- chestnuttree
- namcó―chestnutspikes
- Tín ma tức môCố𬙖 ba
- Giò mừ tức máccótẩư bâư
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Etymology 3
[edit]Verb
[edit]có
- torent;tohire
- pây kincó―to become a wage earner
- cócần tẳng rườn―tohirepeople to build a house
- tobring up
- cólục slon slư―to afford school for one's children
Etymology 4
[edit]FromProto-Tai*koːᴮ(“to build”),fromOld ChineseCấu(OC*koːs). Cognate withLaoກໍ່(kǭ),Tai Nüaᥐᥨᥝᥱ(kǒw),Northern Thaiᨠᩬᩴ᩵,Shanၵေႃႇ(kàu),Ahom𑜀𑜦𑜡(kō),Thaiก่อ(gɔ̀ɔ).
Verb
[edit]có
- tostart
- cóhết cha̱ng lếch―tostarta blacksmithing career
- fa̱n việccótố khỏ―gettingstartedis the always the hardest part
- tokindle
- cófầy tẳng mỏ―starta fire and place the pot on top
- cófầy nưa nặm―to begin the work in harsh conditions(literally, “tostarta fire on water”)
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 5
[edit]Verb
[edit]có
- totell fortunes
- máccópền―(please add an English translation of this usage example)
Synonyms
[edit]Etymology 6
[edit]Verb
[edit]có
- topay attention
- ngo̱ bấucóngòi
- I wasn'tpaying attention.
- towant;toneed
- Hứn liê̱u bấucókin
- So into playing that one doesn'twantto eat
Etymology 7
[edit]FromVietnamesecó.
Verb
[edit]có(Cố)
- there be
- Thả xuân thuCốHội 𧏵𫡮
- Thả xuân thu có hội rồng mây
- Waiting for an especially lucky occasion someday
References
[edit]- 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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Conjunction
[edit]có
Preposition
[edit]có
Vietnamese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]FromProto-Vietic*kɔːʔ(“tohave”).Cognate withMuongcỏ.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Hà Nội)IPA(key):[kɔ˧˦]
- (Huế)IPA(key):[kɔ˨˩˦]
- (Saigon)IPA(key):[kɔ˦˥]
Audio(Hà Nội): (file) Audio(Saigon): (file)
Verb
[edit]- tohave
- Taocóhai con xe.
- Ihavetwo motorbikes. / Ihavetwo cars.
- Tôicóchồng rồi.
- I've alreadyhada husband. / I'm a married woman. / I'm married.
- Cậucóbút chì không? Cho tớ mượn.
- Do youhavea pencil? May I borrow it?
- there be
- Nhà tôicóhai con.
- There aretwo kids in my family.
- Cóhai người trong phòng.
- There aretwo people in that room.
- Cóviệc 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
[edit]- When functioning as afull verb,cóindicates possession in its broadest sense.Cócan also indicate existence, which is equivalent to "there is" or "there are". In many expressions,cóis simply equivalent to "to have":cókinh nghiệm( "to have experience" ),có hai con( "to have two children" ),cóbạn gái/bạn trai( "to have a girlfriend / boyfriend" ), etc.Cóis also used to formidiomaticexpressions; most idiomatic expressions of the "có+ noun "type are equivalent to English" to be + adjective ":cóhiếu( "to be filial" ),cótuổi( "to be old" ), etc. A number of words that containcóare perceived by native speakers as whole words.Cóhas 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
[edit]Derived terms
Prefix
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có
- (before verbs,for emphasis or intensification)do;does
- Mày không biết phải không?
Taocóbiết!- You don't know, do you?
Idoknow, okay?
- You don't know, do you?
- Em bị mất vở! Emcólàm bài thầy ơi!
- I lost my workbook!I swearI did the assignment!
- (before verbs,in questions (generally ending inkhông),not beforecóitself)do
- Bạncóbiết 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.
- Did you know we only use 10% of our brain?
- Anhcóđịnh đi chơi đâukhông?
- Are you going out?
Usage notes
[edit]- Together with the negative particlekhông,it froms thecó…khôngconstruction 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 phải…khôngconstruction which is used to form yes-no questions with an expectation for affirmative answers. Seekhông#Usage notesfor more details.
Interjection
[edit]- yes;yes,I do
- Bạn có biết 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.
- Did you know we only use 10% of our brain?
- Các bạn có muốn được nghỉ sớm không?
Có!- Do you want to go home early?
Heck yeah!
- Do you want to go home early?
- (in response to a roll call)here;I'mhere;present
Adverb
[edit]- (colloquial)only
- Synonym:chỉ
- Muacóhai cuốn sách thôi mà có gì ghê?
- Buying just two books, what's so great?
- Chạycóxíu mà than với chả thở.
- Run just a little bit but already nagging.
Usage notes
[edit]- Unlikechỉ,cóin the sense of "only" is placed after the verb.
See also
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