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cou

See also: COU, cóu, còu, cōu, cǒu, and co'u

Catalan

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cou

  1. inflection of coure:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

French

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cou

Etymology

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From Latin collum. Doublet of col. Cognate with Italian collo, Galician and Portuguese colo, Spanish cuello.

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Noun

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cou m (plural cous)

  1. neck
    Il a un cou assez long. ― He has a rather long neck.

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K'iche'

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Adjective

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cou

  1. (Classical K'iche') strong

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Mandarin

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Romanization

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cou

  1. Nonstandard spelling of cǒu.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of còu.

Usage notes

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  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old English cū, from Proto-West Germanic *kō (“cow”).

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Noun

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cou (plural kyne or kie)

  1. A cow (female bovine)
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Descendants

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  • English: cow (see there for further descendants)
  • Geordie English: coo
  • Scots: coo, coe, cou
  • Yola: keow

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Ternate

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Verb

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cou

  1. (transitive) to serve

Conjugation

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Conjugation of cou
Singular Plural
Inclusive Exclusive
1st tocou focou micou
2nd nocou nicou
3rd Masculine ocou icou, yocou†
Feminine mocou
Neuter icou
† - archaic

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  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh (as coou)

Xerénte

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Noun

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cou

  1. Alternative form of kə (“water”)

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  • Martius, Beiträge zur Ethnographie und Sprachenkunde Brasiliens

Yola

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Etymology

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From Middle English coude, from Old English cūþe.

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cou

  1. could
    • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 3, page 84:
      Aar gentrize ware bibbern, aamzil cou no stoane.
      Their gentry were quaking, themselves could not stand.

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  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 32

Zhuang

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Etymology 1

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From Chinese 秋 (MC tshjuw).

Noun

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cou (Sawndip form ⿱日召, 1957–1982 spelling cou)

  1. autumn

Etymology 2

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From Chinese 周 (MC tsyuw).

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cou (1957–1982 spelling cou)

  1. week

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Etymology 3

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From Chinese 抽 (MC trhjuw).

Verb

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cou (1957–1982 spelling cou)

  1. to draw (lots)
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