cobicia

Asturian

Alternative forms

• coícia (Central Asturias)
• codicia (Llanes)
• coldicia (Eastern Asturias)
• cudicia (Candamu)
• cubicia (Somiedu, Ibias, Vaḷḷinaferrera, Salas, Pravia)
• cuícia (Ayer)
• acuicia (Ayer)
• coudicia (dated)
• codecia (Rato)

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin cupiditia, from cupiditās (“desire”), with a change in suffix. Compare Spanish codicia and Portuguese cobiça.

Noun

cobicia f (uncountable)

1. greed, avarice