# co
## Translingual
### Symbol

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

### See also

* Wiktionary’s coverage of Corsican terms

## English
### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) enPR: kō, IPA: /kəʊ/
* (General American) enPR: kō, IPA: /koʊ/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -oʊ

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

co (plural cos)
* (colloquial) Clipping of company.
* (Stenoscript) Abbreviation of company and related forms of that word.

##### Alternative forms

* co., Co, Co.

##### Derived terms

* newco
* yield co

### Etymology 2

Coined by feminist writer Mary Orovan in 1970; in common usage in intentional communities of the Federation of Egalitarian Communities.

#### Pronoun

co (third-person singular, gender-neutral, reflexive coself)
* (nonstandard) 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.
* (nonstandard) Gender-neutral object pronoun, coordinate with gendered pronouns him and her.

##### Derived terms

* cos
* coself

### References

* ↑ Dennis Baron (2010 June 22 (last accessed)) “The Epicene Pronouns”, in Illinois University‎
* ↑ Jim Kingdon (2010 June 22 (last accessed)) “Gender-free Pronouns in English”, in Panix‎

### See also

* co-wash (etymologically unrelated)

### Anagrams

* Oc, O. C., oc, Oc., O.C., OC

## Czech
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈt͡so]
* Audio:(file)

### Pronoun

co n
* what
    Co se děje? ― What's up?
    Co se stalo? ― What happened?

#### Declension
### Conjunction

co
* that
    Od té doby, co jsme spolu… ― Since we’ve been together… (literally, “Since the time that we’ve been together…”)
* what
    Ví, co chce. ― He knows what he wants.

### Particle

co
* (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
* no a co

### See also

* kdo
* kdy
* kde

### Further reading

* “co”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “co”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “co”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Dalmatian
### Etymology

From Latin quod.

### Pronoun

co
* what

## Dumbea
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /soː/

### Noun

co
* 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: [t͡so]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: co

### Noun

co (accusative singular co-on, plural co-oj, accusative plural co-ojn)
* The name of the Latin-script letter C/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
* grass

## Gagauz
### Conjunction

co
* Obsolete spelling of ko.

### Further reading

* Ciachir, Mihail (1938) “co”, in Dicționar gagauzo (tiurco)–român pentru gagauzii din Basarabia (in Romanian), Chișinău, page 34

## Galician
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkoː/

### Contraction

co m (feminine coa, masculine plural cos, feminine plural coas)
* with the

## Gallo
### Etymology

From Old French coc.

### Noun

co m
* rooster, cockerel, cock

## Ido
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t͡so/

### Pronoun

co (plural ci)
* Alternative form of ico (“this”)

## Kashubian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čьto.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈt͡sɔ/
* Rhymes: -ɔ
* Syllabification: co

### Pronoun

co
* interrogative pronoun; what?
* relative pronoun; that what..., which, that

#### Declension
### Further reading

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

## Khumi Chin
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /so˥/

### Noun

co
* 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
* than (used in comparisons)

### Adverb

co
* how (in what manner)
* how (in what state)

#### Derived terms

* coche

## Lower Sorbian
### Alternative forms

* zo (obsolete)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t͡sɔ/

### Etymology 1

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

#### Pronoun

co
* what (interrogative)

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

co
* 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.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kɔ/

### Preposition

co
* with
    nhonha co fula ― the girl with the flower
* to, at
    Já gritâ co iou ― He shouted at me

### Conjunction

co
* 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.

## Middle Irish
### Alternative forms

* go

### Etymology

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

### Preposition

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

* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, 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)
* (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)
* (Jersey) cockerel

##### Derived terms

* co journieaux

### Etymology 3

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

#### Noun

co m (plural cos)
* (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: /d͡ʒoː/

### Noun

co m
* ditch, trench, channel, canal, duct, fosse, aqueduct, sluice

#### Derived terms

* cobar

## Old Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [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)
* with
For quotations using this term, see Citations:co.

##### Inflection

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)

##### Synonyms

* la

##### Descendants

* Middle Irish: co

#### Further reading

* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, 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
* 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

* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “4 co “how?””, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

### Etymology 3

From Proto-Celtic *kʷuts (“to, towards”), cognate with Middle Welsh py (“to”). This may be from Proto-Italo-Celtic *kuts ‘some (of the) way’, whence Latin us-quam (“somewhere”), us-que (“all of the way”), and Oscan 𐌐𐌖𐌆 (puz, “as, that”, conjunction). See Proto-Indo-European *ku (“where”).
The inflected forms on the other hand are from Proto-Celtic *kʷunkʷe ← *kʷum +‎ *-kʷe, for which compare Proto-Slavic *kъ(n) (“to, towards”).

#### Preposition

co (takes the accusative; triggers h-prothesis before vowels)
* to, toward
* up to, until
* used with the neuter accusative singular of an adjective to form an adverb: -ly
For quotations using this term, see Citations:co.

##### Inflection

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)
* until
* so that
For 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

##### Synonyms

* ara

##### 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

* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 co “to, towards””, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “3 co “until, so that””, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940) D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, §§ 433, 829, 896–97; reprinted 2017
* Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kʷo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 180

### References

* ↑ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kom”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 213
* ↑ Kim McCone (1993) “Varia II. Old Irish co, cucci ‘as far as (him, it)’ and Latin usque ‘as far as’”, in Ériu‎, volume 44, retrieved 31 May 2024, pages 171-76
* ↑ Dunkel, George E. (2014) “?kúth₂-s”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Partikeln und Pronominalstämme [Lexicon of Indo-European Particles and Pronominal Stems] (Indogermanische Bibliothek. 2. Reihe: Wörterbücher) (in German), volume 2: Lexikon, Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter GmbH Heidelberg, →ISBN, page 439
* ↑ Untermann, Jürgen (2000) “O.u.puz”, in Wörterbuch des Oskisch-Umbrischen [Dictionary of Oscan-Umbrian] (Handbuch der italischen Dialekte; 3), Heidelberg: Winter, →ISBN, pages 627-28
* ↑ Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940) D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, § 381, page 239; reprinted 2017

## Old Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (10th–15th CE) /t͡sɔ/
* IPA: (15th CE) /t͡sɔ/

### Pronoun

co n
* Alternative form of czso

### Conjunction

co
* Alternative form of czso

### Particle

co
* Alternative form of czso

## Polish
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish czso.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈt͡sɔ/
* (Middle Polish) IPA: /ˈt͡sɔ/
* (Greater Poland):
** (Kuyavia) IPA: /ˈt͡sɔ/
* Audio 1:(file)
* Audio 2:(file)
* Audio 3:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔ
* Syllabification: co
* Homophone: co-

### Pronoun

co n
* interrogative pronoun; what
    Co to?What is that?
* 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.
* 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.
* (colloquial) relative pronoun
    Jakość będzie równa temu, co zapłacisz.The quality will be equal to whatever you pay.
* (colloquial) why
    Co ona taka smutna?Why is she so sad?

#### Derived terms

* dopiero co
* o mało co
* póki co
* bądź co bądź
* co dopiero
* nie ma co
* co za

#### Related terms

* 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
* 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

* 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
* as
    Ma ten sam rower co ja.He has the same bike as me.
* (Kuyavia) Synonym of że

#### 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
* 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.

### References

* ↑ Ida Kurcz (1990) “co”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 56
* ↑ Ida Kurcz (1990) “co”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 56
* ↑ Ida Kurcz (1990) “co”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 56
* ↑ Ida Kurcz (1990) “co”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 56

### 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
* Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “co”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
* J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “co”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 345
* Józef Bliziński (1860) “co”, in Abecadłowy spis wyrazów języka ludowego w Kujawach i Galicyi Zachodniej (in Polish), Warszawa, page 621
* Oskar Kolberg (1867) “co”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 269

## Romansch
### Alternative forms

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

### Etymology

From Latin quam or quod.

### Conjunction

co
* (Vallader) than

## Silesian
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish czso.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈt͡sɔ/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔ
* Syllabification: co

### Pronoun

co n
* (interrogative) what
    Coś kupiōł? ― What did you buy?
* (relative) that
    Te zoki, coch ci je bez zimã kupiyła. ― Those socks that I bought you in winter.
* (interrogative) why, what for
    Co ty mi sie sam po chałupie smykŏsz? ― What are you having a stroll around my house for?

#### Declension
### Conjunction

co
* (proscribed) coordinating conjunction; that
    Synonym: (prescribed) że

### Preposition

co
* every (referring to frequency)

### Further reading

* co in silling.org

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈko/ [ˈko]
* Rhymes: -o
* Syllabification: co

### Noun

co m (plural cos)
* (Aragon, colloquial) dude, friend

#### Related terms

* colega
* compa
* compañero

### Pronoun

co
* Misspelling of có.

## Venetan
### Alternative forms

* con

### Etymology

From Latin cum. Compare Italian con.

### Preposition

co
* with, together

### See also

* có

## Vietnamese
### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [kɔ˧˧]
* (Huế) IPA: [kɔ˧˧]
* (Saigon) IPA: [kɔ˧˧]

### Verb

co
* to shrink (to become smaller)
    Antonym: phồng

#### See also

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

## West Makian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t͡ʃo/

### Verb

co
* (transitive) to see

#### Alternative forms

* coo, cio

### References

* Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics

## Wutunhua
### Etymology

From Tibetan མཚོ (mtsho).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [t͡sʰo]

### Noun

co
* 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: /kɔː/, /kwɔː/

### Verb

co
* 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 thickYou 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?"

### References

* 1 2 3 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
* 1 2 3 4 Kathleen A. Browne (1927) “THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD.”, in Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of lreland (Sixth Series)‎, volume 17, number 2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland