gò

See also: Appendix:Variations of "go"

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *tkɔɔʔ ~ *tkɔɔh (“island”); cognate with Mon လ္ကံ (kɔˀ), Chong /kɑʔ/ and Mal /kɔʔ/. Compare also Thai เกาะ (gɔ̀).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ɣɔ˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ɣɔ˦˩]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ɣɔ˨˩]

Noun

gò

mound, knoll
- 2005, Nguyễn Ngọc Tư, "Cánh đồng bất tận" chapter 4 (in Cánh đồng bất tận), Trẻ publishing house
  Những ngày sau này, tôi một mình trở lại gò đất, nhưng chờ hoài không thấy ma hiện ra.
  The days after, I went back to the earthen knoll on my own, but even though I waited forever, no ghosts appeared.

Verb

gò

to bend, to curve

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