cồ
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See also: Cồ
Vietnamese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compare Old Chinese
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]- (obsolete, dialectal) big, large, great, tall
- Thắng cồ ― Tall Thắng
- 13th century, Trần Nhân Tông, Cư Trần lạc đạo phú
居 塵 樂 道 賦 , Đệ thất hội第 七 會 :勉 德 瞿 經 裴 兀 扲 戒 咹 㪰 - Treasure [those with] great virtue/Love the Buddha, abstain from sweet and savory [food], keep up the vegan code.
- (obsolete, by extension) clumsy, doltish
- lóng ngóng như gà cồ ― fumbling like a clumsy chicken
Usage notes
[edit]In most dialects, cồ meaning "big, large, great, tall" is now only found fossilized in such compounds as gà cồ (“large chicken > mature male chicken, rooster, cock, gamecock”), vịt cồ (“large duck > mature male duck, drake”), cồ cộ (“large locust; large black cicada (dialectal); big, large (rare)”).[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Trần, Trọng Dương. (2009) "Investigation on 'Đại Cồ Việt' (Việt nation - Buddhist nation)" originally published in Hán Nôm, 2 (93) p. 53–75. online version (in Vietnamese)