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Canela

Etymology

From Proto-Northern Jê *ŋgô (“water”) < Proto-Cerrado *ŋgôj’ (“water”) < (?) Proto-Jê *ŋgə̂₁j’ ~ *ŋgə̂₂j (“water”).

Pronunciation

Noun

cô

  1. water
    Me cupê cô jamreara.
    They had no water./There was no water for them.
    Cô te arỳjhy jaxir.
    The water covered the rice.

Emilian

Etymology 1

From Latin cauda.

Pronunciation

Noun

cô f (plural cô)

  1. tail

Etymology 1

From Latin caput.

Noun

cô m (plural cô)

  1. head

Synonyms

Ligurian

Noun

cô m (please provide plural)

  1. color

Sicilian

Preposition

cô

  1. Contraction of cu lu (“with the”).

Slovincian

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *kʷís
    Proto-Balto-Slavic *ki
    Proto-Slavic *čь
    Proto-Indo-European *só
    Proto-Balto-Slavic *tas
    Proto-Slavic *tъ
    Proto-Slavic *čьto
    Slovincian cô

    Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čьto.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈt͡sɵ/
    • Rhymes: -ɵ
    • Syllabification: cô

    Conjunction

    cô

    1. introduces a subordinate clause; that; in order to
    2. so that

    Particle

    cô

    1. Introduces indirect speech.
    2. as such

    Pronoun

    cô

    1. interrogative pronoun; what?
    2. relative pronoun; that what..., which, that

    Further reading

    Vietnamese

    Pronunciation

    Etymology 1

    Sino-Vietnamese word from 姑.

    Noun

    cô

    1. a paternal aunt (father's sister)
    Usage notes
    • In cô chú (“paternal aunt and her husband”), cô cậu (“you girls and boys”), vợ chồng (“wife and husband”), dì dượng (“maternal aunt and her husband; stepmother and stepfather”), the words for females always come first. In most other phrases, the words for males usually come first, except in certain poetic contexts such as mẹ cha (“mum and dad”) as opposed to the usual cha mẹ (“dad and mum”).
    Derived terms
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    Pronoun

    cô

    1. I/me, your paternal aunt
      Antonyms: cháu, con
    2. I/me, a woman who's (presumably) slightly younger than either of your parents
      Antonyms: cháu, con
    3. you, my paternal aunt
      Antonyms: cháu, con
    4. you, a woman who's (presumably) slightly younger than either of my parents
      Antonyms: cháu, con
    5. (familiar) you, a female who's (presumably) slightly younger than me
      Synonym: em
      Antonyms: anh, tôi
    6. (honorific) you, my young mistress, my old master's daughter
    7. (formal, chiefly in fiction or translation) you, a young adult woman
      Synonym: chị
      Antonym: tôi
    8. (unfriendly) you, my wife with whom I'm not happy
      Antonym: tôi
    9. (humorous or ironic) you, Missy or young lady
      Synonym: cô nương
      Antonym: tôi
    10. (literary) she/her, that young adult woman
    Synonyms
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    Etymology 2

    Short for cô giáo (“female teacher”).

    Noun

    cô

    1. (informal) Short for cô giáo (“female teacher”).

    Pronoun

    cô

    1. I/me, your older female teacher
      Antonym: em
    2. you, my older female teacher
      Antonym: em
    3. you, my or my child's female teacher who's (presumably) as old as or younger than me
      Antonym: tôi
    4. you, my child's female teacher who's (presumably) slightly older than me
      Antonym: em
    5. she/her, my/your/our female teacher
    Synonyms

    See also

    Etymology 3

    Sino-Vietnamese word from 孤 (“lonesome”).

    Pronoun

    cô

    1. (Chinese fiction, humble) I/me
      • 14th century, Luo Guanzhong Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Ch. 78; 1909 Vietnamese translation by Phan Kế Bính
        Hán Trung vương nói: - Cô kết nghĩa với Quan, Trương hai em ở vườn đào, thề cùng sống thác với nhau. Nay Vân Trường chẳng may bị hại, cô sao hưởng phú quý một mình được!
        The King of Hanzhong said: - I swore an oath of fraternal rectitude with my two younger oath-brothers Guan, Zhang in the peach garden, pledging to live and die together. Now [Guan] Yunzhang unfortunately has been maliciously murdered, how can I enjoy riches by myself?

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