cốc

See also: coc, COC, cóc, còc, and čoc

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kəwk͡p̚˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kəwk͡p̚˦˧˥]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [kəwk͡p̚˦˥]
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Etymology 1

Of Sino-Tibetan origin. Compare Burmese ခွက် (hkwak), Proto-Loloish *ʔ-kokᴴ (cup) (Bradley) and Naxi kual (bowl).

Noun

(classifier cái) cốc • (𤥫, 𤭏)

  1. (Northern Vietnam) glass, tumbler

See also

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Mon-Khmer *kuk ~ *kuək (egret). Cognate with Khmer កុក (kok, egret) and Bahnar klang kok (egret).

Noun

(classifier con) cốc • (𪁴, 𪁵, )

  1. (chim ~) cormorant
    Synonyms: bồ cốc, cồng cộc
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Noun

(classifier cây, quả, trái) cốc • ()

  1. alternative form of cóc (Spondias)

Etymology 4

Glossed in Từ điển cây thuốc Việt Nam [Vietnamese Dictionary of Medicinal Herbs] by Võ Văn Chi (2019).

Noun

(classifier cây) cốc

  1. (Quảng Nam) Irvingia malayana
    Synonyms: cầy, kơ nia

Etymology 5

Uncertain. Glossed in Dictionarium Anamitico-Latinum [Anmamese-Latin Dictionary] by Jean-Louis Taberd (1838).

Noun

(classifier cây) cốc • ()

  1. (possibly obsolete) Anthyllis indica

Etymology 6

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

cốc

  1. (onomatopoeia) knock, the sound of hitting hard objects (usually wood or wooden doors)
    cốc cốc cốc, ai gọi đó?knock knock knock, who's there?

Verb

cốc

  1. to knock (on the head) using one's knuckle
    Synonym:
    cốc vào đầuto knock on the head