co

See also: Appendix:Variations of "co" and со

Translingual

Symbol

co

1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Corsican.

English

Etymology 1

Noun

co (plural cos)

1. (colloquial) Clipping of company.

Alternative forms

• co., Co, Co.

Derived terms

• yield co

Multiple parts of speech

co

1. (stenoscript) Abbreviation of company and related forms of that word.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (US) enPR: kō, IPA^(key): /koʊ/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: -oʊ

Pronoun

co (third-person singular, gender-neutral, reflexive coself)

1. (nonstandard) they (singular). Gender-neutral subject pronoun, coordinate with gendered pronouns he and she.
   • 1983, Ingrid Komar, Living the Dream: A Documentary Study of Twin Oaks Community:

     Co consistently does less than cos share of the Community work. 4. Co absents coself from the Community for more than three weeks [...]

   • 1996, Brett Beemyn, Mickey Elianon, Queer studies: a lesbian, gay, bisexual, & transgender anthology, page 74:

     At the very least, an individual might have to use different terms to describe coself in a heterosexual context than co uses in a sexual minority context [...]

   • 2004 April 1, Pieira dos Lobos, “Fern's Story two”, in alt.magick.serious (Usenet):

     A youngster of my own introduction had been rejected by an object of preadolescent craving and had killed coself by leaping at the ceiling of co's quarters. Co was a rising Large Game star, her spring was powerful, our gravity flux was low - co's head struck the surface with enough force to kill on impact.

2. (nonstandard) them (singular). Gender-neutral object pronoun, coordinate with gendered pronouns him and her.

Hyponyms

• (as subject): he, she
• (as object): him, her

Derived terms

• cos
• coself

See also

• other attested gender-neutral pronouns

Anagrams

• O. C., O.C., OC, Oc, Oc.

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech čso, from Proto-Slavic *čьto, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷid, *kʷis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡so]

• audio

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Pronoun

co n

1. what

   Co se děje? ― What's up?

   Co se stalo? ― What happened?

Declension

Declension of co (sg-only inanimate pronoun)

	singular
nominative	co
genitive	čeho
dative	čemu
accusative	co
vocative	—
locative	čem
instrumental	čím

Conjunction

co

1. that

   Od té doby, co jsme spolu… ― Since we’ve been together… (literally, “Since the time that we’ve been together…”)

2. what

   Ví, co chce. ― He knows what he wants.

Particle

co

1. (indeclinable) isn't it so, don't you think?

   To je pěkné, co? ― That’s nice, isn’t it?

Derived terms

• cokoli
• cokoliv
• copak
• cosi
• což
• cože
• něco
• nic

 

See also

• kdo
• kdy
• kde

Further reading

• co in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• co in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• co in Internetová jazyková příručka

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin quod.

Pronoun

co

1. what

Dumbea

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /soː/

Noun

co

1. water

References

• Leenhardt, M. (1946) Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. Cited in: "ⁿDuᵐbea" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
• Shintani, T.L.A. & Païta, Y. (1990) Dictionnaire de la langue de Païta, Nouméa: Sociéte d'etudes historiques de Nouvelle-Calédonie. Cited in: "Drubea" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡so]
• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: co

Noun

co (accusative singular co-on, plural co-oj, accusative plural co-ojn)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter C.

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) litero; a, bo, co, ĉo, do, e, fo, go, ĝo, ho, ĥo, i, jo, ĵo, ko, lo, mo, no, o, po, ro, so, ŝo, to, u, ŭo, vo, zo

Fijian

Noun

co

1. grass

Galician

Etymology

From contraction of preposition con (“with”) + masculine definite article o (“the”).

Contraction

co m (feminine coa, masculine plural cos, feminine plural coas)

1. with the

Gallo

Etymology

From Old French coc.

Noun

co m

1. rooster, cockerel, cock

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡so/

Pronoun

co (plural ci)

1. Alternative form of ico (“this”)

Kashubian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čьto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sɔ/
• Syllabification: co

Pronoun

co

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

Declension

Declension of co

	singular
nominative	co
genitive	czegò
dative	czemù
accusative	co
instrumental	czim
locative	czim

Further reading

• Stefan Ramułt (1893) “co”, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego‎^[5] (in Kashubian), page 18
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “co”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[6], volume 1, page 206
• “co”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Khumi Chin

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /so˥/

Noun

co

1. Northern Khumi form of caw

References

• D. A. Peterson (2013) “Aesthetic aspects of Khumi grammar”, in The Aesthetics of Grammar, Cambridge University Press, page 220

Ladin

Conjunction

co

1. than (used in comparisons)

Adverb

co

1. how (in what manner)
2. how (in what state)

Derived terms

• coche

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

• zo (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡sɔ/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *čьto, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷid, *kʷis.

Pronoun

co

1. what (interrogative)

Declension

Declension of co

Case	Form
Nominative	co
Genitive	cogo
Dative	comu
Accusative	co
Instrumental	cym
Locative	com

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

co

1. third-person singular present of kśěś

Further reading

• Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “co”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
• Starosta, Manfred (1999) “co”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Macanese

Alternative forms

• cô

Etymology

From Portuguese com.

Preposition

co

1. with

   nhonha co fula ― the girl with the flower

2. to, at

   Já gritâ co iou ― He shouted at me

Conjunction

co

1. and

   iou co vôs ― me and you

Usage notes

• co is not very commonly used to connect two clauses. More often, related clauses are simply listed one after the other with no connectives, or connected with pronouns such as qui or quelóra.

Masurian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish czso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sɔ]
• Syllabification: co

Pronoun

co n

1. (interrogative) what?
2. (exclaimative) what!
3. (relational) who; what; that
4. (indeterminate) something
5. (indeterminate, expressive) someone
6. (quantitative, interrogative) how much; how many
7. (quantitative, relative) that much; that many
8. (temporal, relative) as
9. (indeterminate) somewhat, to some degree

Conjunction

co

1. (comparative) than
2. (resultative) because
3. (resultative) as a result of which
4. (conditional) if
5. (admitative) even though
6. (coordinating) that

Particle

co

1. denotes regularity; every
2. denotes the highest degree of something; the
3. intensifies a comparison or superlative; all the
4. denotes something important for the speaker; at least
5. (interrogative) why
6. (interrogative) what for (to what end)
7. (interrogative) introduces a yes-no question; if, whether

Derived terms

pronouns

• co za

 

Further reading

• Zofia Stamirowska (1987-2021) “co”, in Anna Basara, editor, Słownik gwar Ostródzkiego, Warmii i Mazur‎^[7], volume 1, Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich Wydawnictwo Polskiej Akademii Nauk, →ISBN, pages 350-356

Middle Irish

Alternative forms

• go

Etymology

From Old Irish co, from Proto-Celtic *kʷos.

Preposition

co (takes the accusative; triggers h-prothesis before vowels)

1. to, toward
   • c. 1000, “The Tale of Mac Da Thó's Pig”, in Ernst Windisch, editor, Irische Texte, volume 1, published 1800, section 1:

     Ro·ferad failte friu uile, ocus ructha chucisium isin mbruidin.

     They were all made welcome and brought to him in the hall.

Inflection

Forms combined with an object pronoun

• 1st person singular: chucum, chucom, cucom, cugam
  • emphatic: chucumsa, chucomso, cucomsa, cugamsa
• 2nd person singular: chucut
  • emphatic: chucutsu
• 3rd person singular masculine: chuc(a)i, cuc(a)i, chu(i)ce, cuce
  • emphatic: c(h)ucisium
• 3rd person singular feminine: chu(i)cci
• 1st person plural: cucain(n), chucaind, chucund, cucund
  • emphatic: cucainni, cucainne
• 3rd person plural: c(h)ucu, chucco, cuco, c(h)uca), c(h)uctu, chucta

Forms combined with the definite article:

• cos(s)in, cus(s)in(d) (masculine/feminine singular)
• cos(s)a (neuter singular)
• cusna (plural)

Forms combined with the relative particle:

• cos(s)a

Forms combined with a possessive determiner:

• 1st person singular: com
• 2nd person singular: cot
• 3rd person: co a, ca

Descendants

• Irish: chuig, chun, go
• Scottish Gaelic: gu

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 co “to, towards””, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Norman

Etymology 1

From Old French colp, coup, from Vulgar Latin *colpus, from Classical Latin colaphus (“blow with the fist; cuff”), from Ancient Greek κόλαφος (kólaphos, “blow, slap”).

Noun

co m (plural cos)

1. (Jersey) blow

Alternative forms

• coup

Derived terms

• co d'poing, coup d'tampon
• coup d'feu
• coup d'ôrage
• coup d'sang
• coup d'solé
• coup d'yi
• porter un coup

 

Etymology 2

From Old French coq, coc.

Noun

co m (plural cos)

1. (Jersey) cockerel

Derived terms

• co journieaux

Etymology 3

From Old French col, from Latin collum (“neck”).

Noun

co m (plural cos)

1. (Jersey, Guernsey, Normandy, anatomy) neck

Alternative forms

• ko (Sark)

Northern Kurdish

Alternative forms

• cihok

Etymology

Compare Persian جوی (juy) or Persian جو (ju).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒoː/

Noun

co m

1. ditch, trench, channel, canal, duct, fosse, aqueduct, sluice

Derived terms

• cobar

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ko]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *kom, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“next to, at, with, along”). Cognate with German ge- (“with”) (collective prefix) and gegen (“toward, against”), English gain-, Spanish con (“with”).

Preposition

co (takes the dative, triggers nasalization) (abbreviated ɔ)

1. with

   Synonym: la

   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 97^d10

     Is peccad díabul lesom .i. fodord doïb di dommatu, ⁊ du·fúairthed ní leu fora sáith din main, ⁊ todlugud inna féulæ ɔ amairis nánda·tibérad Día doïb, ⁊ nach coimnacuir ⁊ issi dano insin ind frescissiu co fochaid.

     It is a double sin in his opinion, i.e. the murmuring by them of want, although there remained some of the manna with them upon their satiety, and demanding the meat with faithlessness that Good would not give it to them, and [even] that he could not; therefore that is the expectation with testing.

Inflection

Inflection of co

Person	Normal	Emphatic
1st person sing.
2d person sing.
3d sing. masc./neut., dative	cono
3d sing. masc./neut., accusative
3d sing. fem., dative
3d sing. fem., accusative
1st person pl.
2d person pl.
3d person pl., dative
3d person pl., accusative

Forms combined with the definite article:

• cosind (dative singular)
• cosnaib (dative plural)

Combinations with possessive determiners:

• com (1st person singular)
• cut, cot (2nd person singular)
• cona (3rd person singular)

Descendants

• Middle Irish: co

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 co “with””, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “An interrogative formation?”)

Adverb

co

1. how?

   Co·bbia mo ḟechtas? ― How will my expedition be?

Usage notes

The adverb is followed by the dependent form of the verb, which is neither nasalized nor lenited.

Derived terms

• cote

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “4 co “how?””, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Etymology 3

From Proto-Celtic *kʷos, compare Proto-Slavic *kъ(n) (“to, towards”) (hence Russian ко (ko, “to”)) of similar meaning.

Preposition

co (takes the accusative; triggers h-prothesis before vowels)

1. to, toward
   • c. 700 Immram Brain, published in The Voyage of Bran son of Febal to the land of the living (1895, London: David Nutt), pp. 1-35, edited and with translations by Kuno Meyer and Alfred Nutt, stanza 45

     Olc líth do·lluid ind nathir cosin n-athir dia chathir!

     [It was] a bad day when the Serpent came to the father [Adam], to the city [in Paradise]!

   • c. 775, “Táin Bó Fraích”, in Book of Leinster; republished as Ernst Windisch, editor, Táin bó Fraích, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1974, line 262:

     "Gairid damsa Findabair!", ol sé. Do·tháet Findabair cucai, ⁊ coíca ingen impe.

     "Call Findabair over to me!" [Ailill] said. Findabair came to him, with fifty maidens around her.

2. up to, until
3. used with the neuter accusative singular of an adjective to form an adverb: -ly
   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 14^d3

     cid écen aisndís do neuch as doruid co léir, ní sechmalfaider cuimre and dano

     though it is necessary to explain carefully anything that is difficult, however brevity will not be passed by

Inflection

Inflection of co

Person	Normal	Emphatic
1st person sing.	cuc(c)um	cuc(c)umsa
2d person sing.	cuc(c)ut	cuc(c)utsu
3d sing. masc./neut., dative
3d sing. masc./neut., accusative	cuc(c)i, cuc(c)ai	cuc(c)isom, cuc(c)isom
3d sing. fem., dative
3d sing. fem., accusative	cuic(c)e, cuc(c)e
1st person pl.	cuc(c)unn
2d person pl.	cuc(c)uib	cuc(c)uibsi
3d person pl., dative
3d person pl., accusative	cuc(c)u

Forms combined with the definite article:

• cos(s)in (masculine/feminine singular)
• cos(s)a (neuter singular)
• cosna (plural)

Forms combined with the relative particle:

• cos(s)a

Derived terms

• cosse

Descendants

• Middle Irish: co, go
  • Irish: chuig, chun, go
  • Scottish Gaelic: gu

Conjunction

co (triggers nasalization, followed by the prototonic or conjunct form of a verb, may be followed by an infixed pronoun) (abbreviated ɔ)

1. until
   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 21^c22

     ní fitir cid muntar nime conidro·foilsigsetar apstil doib

     not even heaven’s household knew it until the apostles had revealed it to them

2. so that

   Synonym: ara

   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 10^d36

     co nos·berinn dochum hirisse

     that I might bring them unto faith

For more quotations using this term, see Citations:co.

Usage notes

A leniting co that takes absolute and deuterotonic forms is also attested in the glosses only.

Alternative forms

• con

Derived terms

• coní (“so that…not”) (corresponding to the nasalizing conjunction)
• conna (“so that…not”) (corresponding to the leniting conjunction)

Descendants

• Irish: go
• Scottish Gaelic: gu
• Manx: dy

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 co “to, towards””, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “3 co “until, so that””, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940, reprinted 2003) D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, §§ 433, 829, 896–97

Old Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /t͡sɔ/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /t͡sɔ/

Pronoun

co n

1. Alternative form of czso

Conjunction

co

1. Alternative form of czso

Particle

co

1. Alternative form of czso

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish czso, from Proto-Slavic *česo (the genitive form of Proto-Slavic *čь and Proto-Slavic *čьto). Cognate with German wes, English whose.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡sɔ/
• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sɔ/

• Audio 1

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• Audio 2

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• Audio 3

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• Rhymes: -ɔ
• Syllabification: co

Pronoun

co n

1. interrogative pronoun; what

   Co to?

   What is that?

2. pronoun for introducing a subordinate clause that narrows the scope of the main clause; which, that; what; who

   Znam takiego gościa, co ma konia.

   I know a guy that has a horse.

3. pronoun that attaches a relative clause to the main clause; which, that; what; who

   Ta kobieta, co mieszkała w tym mieszkaniu, wyjechała do Niemiec.

   That woman, who lived in that apartment, moved to Germany.

4. (colloquial) relative pronoun

   Jakość będzie równa temu, co zapłacisz.

   The quality will be equal to whatever you pay.

5. (colloquial) why

   Co ona taka smutna?

   Why is she so sad?

Declension

Declension of co

	singular
nominative	co
genitive	czego
dative	czemu
accusative	co
instrumental	czym
locative	czym
vocative	co

Derived terms

adverbs

• dopiero co
• póki co

 

particles

• bądź co bądź
• co dopiero

 

Related terms

pronouns

• coś
• cóż

 

Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), co is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 207 times in scientific texts, 81 times in news, 219 times in essays, 465 times in fiction, and 1252 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 2224 times, making it the 19th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.

Preposition

co

1. every (referring to frequency)

   co drugi dzień ― every other day

   co miesiąc ― every month

   co rok ― every year, annually

Derived terms

• co drugi

 

Related terms

prefix

• co-

 

Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), co is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 8 times in scientific texts, 10 times in news, 10 times in essays, 33 times in fiction, and 16 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 77 times, making it the 836th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.

Conjunction

co

1. as

   Ma ten sam rower co ja.

   He has the same bike as me.

Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), co is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 14 times in scientific texts, 4 times in news, 10 times in essays, 33 times in fiction, and 73 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 134 times, making it the 450th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.

Particle

co

1. used as a tag question, to emphasise what goes before or to request that the listener express an opinion about what has been said

   Interesujące, co?

   Interesting, isn't it?

Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), co is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 207 times in scientific texts, 81 times in news, 219 times in essays, 465 times in fiction, and 1252 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 2224 times, making it the 19th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.

Further reading

• co in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• co in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “co”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
• “CO I”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 21.05.2019
• “CO II”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 07.05.2010
• “CO III”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 11.04.2018
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “co”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎^[8]
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “co”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861‎^[9]
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “co”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎^[10] (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 345

Romansch

Alternative forms

• che (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan)
• ca (Sutsilvan)
• tgi (Surmiran)
• cu (Puter)

Etymology

From Latin quam or quod.

Conjunction

co

1. (Vallader) than

Silesian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish czso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sɔ/
• Rhymes: -ɔ
• Syllabification: co

Pronoun

co n

1. (interrogative) what
2. (relative) that
3. (interrogative) why

Declension

Declension of co

	singular
nominative	co
genitive	czego
dative	czymu
accusative	co
instrumental	czym
locative	czym

Conjunction

co

1. (proscribed) coordinating conjunction; that

   Synonym: (prescribed) że

Preposition

co

1. every (referring to frequency)

Further reading

• co in silling.org

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈko/ [ˈko]
• Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: co

Noun

co m (plural cos)

1. (Aragon, colloquial) dude, friend

Related terms

• colega
• compa
• compañero

 

Pronoun

co

1. Misspelling of có.

Venetian

Alternative forms

• con

Etymology

From Latin cum. Compare Italian con.

Preposition

co

1. with, together

See also

• có

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kɔ˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kɔ˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kɔ˧˧]

Verb

co

1. to shrink (to become smaller)

   Antonym: phồng

See also

Derived terms

• co giãn
• co ro
• co rúm
• đôi co
• giằng co
• kéo co
• quanh co

 

West Makian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃo/

Verb

co

1. (transitive) to see

Conjugation

Conjugation of co (action verb)
		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		toco	moco	aco
2nd person		noco	foco
3rd person	inanimate	ico	doco
	animate
imperative		noco, co	foco, co

Alternative forms

• coo, cio

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[11], Pacific linguistics

Wutunhua

Etymology

From Tibetan མཚོ (mtsho).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡sʰo]

Noun

co

1. lake

References

• Juha Janhunen, Marja Peltomaa, Erika Sandman, Xiawu Dongzhou (2008) Wutun (LINCOM's Descriptive Grammar Series), volume 466, LINCOM Europa, →ISBN

Yola

Alternative forms

• quo

Etymology

From Middle English quethen, from Old English cweþan, from Proto-West Germanic *kweþan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔː/, /kwɔː/

Verb

co

1. quoth, saith
   • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, pages 31:

     Co thou; Co he.

     Quoth thou; Says he.

   • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 1, pages 84:

     Fade teil thee zo lournagh, co Joane, zo knaggee?

     What ails you so melancholy, quoth John, so cross?

   • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 13, pages 90:

     Ha-ho! be mee coshes, th'ast ee-pait it, co Joane;

     Hey-ho! by my conscience, you have paid it, quoth John;

   • 1927, “ZONG OF TWI MAARKEET MOANS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 129, lines 12:

     "Swingale," co the umost, "thou liest well a rent,

     "Swindle," said the other, "you know quite well,

   • 1927, “ZONG OF TWI MAARKEET MOANS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 129, lines 14:

     Thou liest valse co secun that thou an ye thick

     You lie false, said the second, that you and your kid,

   • 1927, “YOLA ZONG O BARONY VORTH”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 132, lines 5:

     "Faad thay goul ez upa thee, thou stouk" co Billeen,

     "What the divil is on you, you fool?" quoth Billy;

   • 1927, “YOLA ZONG O BARONY VORTH”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 132, lines 9:

     Co Sooney, "Billeen dowstthee zee faads lewer,

     Says Alice "Billy, do you see what's yonder?"