Galician

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A Galician woman wearing the traditional cofia
 
Serafín Avendaño, Landscape with Galician woman (1891). Note the coif.

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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Noun

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cofia f (plural cofias)

  1. 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
  2. cloth-like tissue which surrounds the guts of animals
    Synonym: touca
  3. (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
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References

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  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “cofia”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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Italian

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Noun

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cofia f (plural cofie)

  1. cap

Anagrams

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Portuguese

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Verb

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cofia

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

Spanish

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Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkofja/ [ˈko.fja]
  • Rhymes: -ofja
  • Syllabification: co‧fia

Noun

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cofia f (plural cofias)

  1. cap (head covering of a nurse or waitress)
  2. (rockets) payload fairing

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Welsh

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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cofia

  1. inflection of cofio:
    1. second-person singular imperative
    2. third-person singular present/future literary
    3. first-person singular future colloquial

Mutation

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Welsh mutation
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.