cofia
Galician edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Late Latin cofia, from Proto-West Germanic *kuffju.[1] Compare Middle High German kupfe (“cap”), Old High German kupphia (“cap”), English coif, French coiffer.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
cofia f (plural cofias)
- coif, hood (traditionally made in lace and worn by women)
- Synonym: touca
- 1746, frei Martín Sarmiento, Coloquio de 24 gallegos rústicos:
- comprarein na vila cousas a desexo: corpiño, manguiñas, cintiñas, ourelos, e mais unha coifa e mais un espello
- I'll buy in town everything I'd wish: bodice, sleeves, ribbons, borders, and a coif and a mirror
- cloth-like tissue which surrounds the guts of animals
- Synonym: touca
- (historical) coif (chain mail or cloth headgear)
- 1361, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 92:
- mando vender a miña cóffea do çendal e hua maça d'açeyro [..] et dous canbaysses e hua cóffea d'armar et mays huun rocín
- I order to sell my coif of sendal and an iron mace [..] and two cabaysses [?] and a coif of armor and a rowney
Related terms edit
References edit
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “cofia”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Further reading edit
- “cofia” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “cofya” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “cóffea” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “cofia” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “cofia” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “cofia” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Italian edit
Noun edit
cofia f (plural cofie)
Anagrams edit
Portuguese edit
Verb edit
cofia
- inflection of cofiar:
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Late Latin cofia, from Proto-West Germanic *kuffju. See also Middle High German kupfe (“cap”), Old High German kupphia (“cap”), English coif.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
cofia f (plural cofias)
Further reading edit
- “cofia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Welsh edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
cofia
- inflection of cofio:
Mutation edit
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
cofia | gofia | nghofia | chofia |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |