cova

See also: Cova

Catalan

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *cova, itself an alteration of Late Latin cava (or of a Vulgar Latin *covum, *covus), from Latin cavus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈkɔ.βə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈkɔ.və]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈkɔ.va]

Noun

cova f (plural coves)

1. cave

Related terms

• cava

Further reading

• “cova” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “cova”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “cova” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈko.βə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈko.və]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈko.va]

Verb

cova

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

Franco-Provençal

Alternative forms

• cua

Etymology

From Latin coda.

Noun

cova f (plural coves)

1. tail

Galician

Cova ("cave") of Eirós, Galicia

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese cova (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria). Either from an archaic Latin *covus, Classical cavus (or variant of a Late Latin cava, from cavum), or from Vulgar Latin covus (“hollow of the hand”), or from a substrate; ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱówHwos (“cavity”). Cognate with Portuguese cova and Spanish cueva.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔβa̝/

Noun

cova f (plural covas)

1. cave; cavern; grotto

   Synonyms: cafurna, caverna, covo, espenuca, furna, gruta, pala

2. grave

   Synonyms: burata, tumba

   • 1775, María Francisca Isla y Losada, Romance:

     Anque à prea non hègrande
     si ca si, ò sacristan
     disque à pestàna do figado
     se lle hiba alegrando já.
     Ô cont'hè, si enturra n'eso
     Deus me libre das suas más,
     que'anque eu non queira, na Coba
     de chantarme heche capàz.

     Although the booty is not large,
     anyhow, the sacristan's
     liver's eyes, reportedly,
     were shinning bright.
     The issue is, if he persists,
     God save me from his hands,
     that even if I don't want, in the grave
     he is capable of thrusting me

3. cave or hole in a surface

   Synonym: coviña

4. den

   Synonyms: tobo, toco

Derived terms

• Coba
• Cobas
• Cova
• cova do brazo
• cova do ollo
• Covas
• Covela
• Covelas
• Coveliña

Adjective

cova

1. feminine singular of covo

Derived terms

• Vilacova

References

• “cova” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “cova” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “cova” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “cova” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “cova” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈko.va/
• Rhymes: -ova
• Hyphenation: có‧va

Etymology 1

Noun

cova f (plural cove)

1. brooding

   fare la cova ― to brood

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

cova

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

Anagrams

• cavo, cavò, vaco, vacò, voca

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese cova, from Vulgar Latin *cova, from covus, alternative form of Latin cavus (or from a variant of Late Latin cava, from cavum, cavus), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱówHwos (“cavity”). Compare Spanish cueva.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.vɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.vɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.va/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.vɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.vɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.bɐ/ [ˈkɔ.βɐ]

• Hyphenation: co‧va

Noun

cova f (plural covas)

1. hole, hollow, cavity
2. cavern
3. grave

Derived terms

• coveiro

Adjective

cova

1. feminine singular of covo