котига

Bulgarian

съвременна котига

Etymology

Cognate with Romanian cotigă. If Slavic in origin, perhaps equivalent to dialectal кота́я (kotája), ко́ткам (kótkam, “to shove around, to reel”) +‎ -ига (-iga).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɔtiɡɐ]

Noun

ко́тига • (kótiga) f (dialectal)

1. one-wheeled cart, wheelbarrow

Declension

Declension of ко́тига

	singular	plural
indefinite	ко́тига kótiga	ко́тиги kótigi
definite	ко́тигата kótigata	ко́тигите kótigite

Alternative forms

• ко́тика (kótika) — with suffix -ика (-ika)

Related terms

• ко́тва (kótva, “anchor”) (possibly)

References

• “котика”, in BGJargon.com (in Bulgarian), 2007
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “котига”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 675