Possibly fromLatincasa(“house”).
cò
- at
- encò sieu ―at (his/her) home
- in
- encò nòstre ―in individual/local trials
- among
- acò de las graminèas ―among the grasses
cò f
- (in Southern Piedmont, pl. coie): house
FromOld Irishcía, fromProto-Celtic*kʷei (compareWelshpwy), fromProto-Indo-European*kʷís.
cò
- who
- Cò e? ―Who is he?
- Cò i? ―Who is she?
- Cò e seo? ―Who is this?
- In conjunction with the prepositionà:where ...from
- Cò às a tha thu? ―Where are you from?
- Cò am bad às a tha thu? ―Which part are you from?
- Cò às a thug thu an t-iomradh? ―Where have you rowed from?
- In conjunction with the prepositionsri orde:what
- Cò ris a tha e coltach? ―What is it like?
- Cò dheth a tha e air a dhèanamh? ―What is it made of?
- In conjunction with the prepositionsle:withwhat
Cò leis a tha thu a' toirt na clòimhe dhan a' chaoraich?- With what do you take the wool off the sheep?
(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)
For the "penis" sense, compareEnglishcock,Chinese鳥 /鸟(điểu,“bird”) and屌(điểu,“penis”),Thaiนกเขา(nók-kǎo,“pigeon, dove”). See alsocu(“pigeon”),chim(“bird”).
For the "trigger" sense, compareMalaypelatuk(“woodpecker, trigger”),Englishcock(“hammer of firearm”).
(classifiercon) cò• (𫛈,𪂲,鷺,𪂮,孤)
- stork(large wading bird of the family Ciconiidae)
- Cò Lả "The GracefulStork" (Red River Delta's folk-song),performance byThu Huyền
Concò,cò bay lả, lả bay la; bay từ là từ cửa phủ, bay ra là ra cánh đồng.- Thestork flies gracefully from the palace's gate out into the field.
- egret
- (colloquial, slightly childish)penis,pee-pee
(classifiercái) cò
- trigger(finger-operated lever used to fire a gun)
- bópcò ―to pull thetrigger
It is proposed to be fromFrenchcommission and to mean originally "commission" (still preserved intiềncò(“commission money”)).[1] If so, then it has semantically evolved from "commission" to "somebody who is commissioned" to "broker, mediator".
Doublet ofcòm intiền còm, from the same French word.[1]
cò• (𫛈,𪂲,鷺,𪂮,孤)
- (informal, chiefly derogatory) abroker(mediator between a buyer and seller), especially adeceptive one, or themoney paid for such broker
Abbreviated fromcò my xe, fromFrenchcommissaire.[2]
Doublet ofcẩm(“‘chief of police’ > ‘police officer’ > ‘police’”), from the same French word.[1]
cò
- (obsolete) chief of police, head of police, superintendent
- Tú Xương, "ÔngCò (MisterSuperintendent / Monsieur leCommissaire)",Thơ Trần Tế Xương; published in1998 by NXB Văn hoá - Thông tin (Culture & Information Publisher)
Hà Nam danh giá nhất ôngcò; Trông thấy ai ai chẳng dám ho.- Hà Nam's most honoured person, Monsieur leCommissaire; Upon seeing him, cough none dares.
- (obsolete, by extension) police officer
- 1932,Phan Khôi, “Một vụ án phân xử rất công bình (A Very Fair Trial)”,Trung Lập6645
Như một vụ kiện vịt mới rồi trong cò bót Chợ Lớn, mà ôngcò xử giỏi quá, chúng tôi chưa biết ôngcò ấy là ông nào, nhưng hãy để lời khen ngợi ở đây và luôn tiện thuật đầu đuôi cho độc giả nghe.- For instance, apolice officer - we still don't know which one - in Chợ Lớn police station has tried a recent duck-related case so competently that we praise him here and also tell you our readers the whole story.
- ↑1.01.11.2Lê Minh Quốc (2019) “Từ trạm thu tiền đến tiền cò [From the collection booth to commission money]”, inTuồi Trẻ Online[1]
- ^Chéon, A. (1905)Recueil de cent textes annamites,page xv
