cota

See also: cóta, còta, c'ota, and cô ta

English

Noun

cota (usually uncountable, plural cotas)

1. A perennial herb, Thelesperma megapotamicum (synonym Thelesperma gracile), native to the southwest and western plains of North America and used by the Hopi, Navajo and other American Indians for tea, as a dye, and for other herbal purposes.

Catalan

Etymology

Probably borrowed from French cotte, from Proto-Germanic *kuttô (“cowl, woolen cloth, coat”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.tə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.ta/

Noun

cota f (plural cotes)

1. (historical) coat (armoured tunic covering the torso)
2. A robe, especially one worn by a choirboy.

Derived terms

• cota d'armes
• cota de malla

See also

• ausberg

Further reading

• “cota” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “cota” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Verb

cota

1. third-person singular past historic of coter

Galician

Etymology 1

From Latin quota.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔta̝/

Noun

cota f (plural cotas)

1. quota (proportional part or share; share or proportion assigned to each in a division)

Etymology 2

Perhaps from Old French cotte, from Medieval Latin cotta (“undercoat, tunic”), from a Proto-Germanic *kuttô.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔta̝/

Noun

cota f (plural cotas)

1. armour coat; chain mail
   • 1381, M. J. Portela Silva (ed.), Documentos da catedral de Lugo. Século XIV. Doc. 846:

     mays huna cota de fero et hun bacynete

     and an iron mail and a bascinet

   • 1467, J. A. Souto Cabo (ed.), Crónica de Santa María de Iria. Santiago: Ediciós do Castro, page 114:

     Et a morte deste rrey don Sancho, en vespera de Nadal, foy solto Sisnando que estaua preso, et veẽo a Santiago vestido de cota, et loriga et de armas

     At the dead of this kind don Sancho, on Christmas eve, Don Sisnando, who was imprisoned, was released, and he came to Santiago dressed with mail and breastplate and weapons

Etymology 3

Unknown. Cognate with Asturian cueta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɔtɐ]

Noun

cota f (plural cotas)

1. spine of a blade

References

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.tɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɔtɐ
• Hyphenation: co‧ta

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin quota.

Alternative forms

• quota

Noun

cota f (plural cotas)

1. quota (proportional part or share; share or proportion assigned to each in a division)

Related terms

• cotista

Etymology 2

From Old French cotte, from Latin cotta (“undercoat, tunic”), see also German Kutte.

Noun

cota f (plural cotas)

1. an armour coat

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Kimbundu kota.

Noun

cota m or f by sense (plural cotas)

1. (Angola) elder (respected old person)
2. (Angola, colloquial) an older person
3. (Portugal, colloquial) an old person
4. (Portugal, colloquial) father, mother

Etymology 4

Verb

cota

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

Romanian

Etymology

From French coter.

Verb

a cota (third-person singular present cotează, past participle cotat) 1st conj.

1. (finance) to quote, list

Conjugation

    conjugation of cota (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a cota
gerund			cotând
past participle			cotat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	cotez	cotezi	cotează	cotăm	cotați	cotează
	imperfect	cotam	cotai	cota	cotam	cotați	cotau
	simple perfect	cotai	cotași	cotă	cotarăm	cotarăți	cotară
	pluperfect	cotasem	cotaseși	cotase	cotaserăm	cotaserăți	cotaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să cotez	să cotezi	să coteze	să cotăm	să cotați	să coteze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		cotează			cotați
	negative		nu cota			nu cotați

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkota/ [ˈko.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ota
• Syllabification: co‧ta

Etymology 1

From Old French cote, from Latin cotta (“undercoat, tunic”), see also German Kotze and Kutte.

Noun

cota f (plural cotas)

1. coat of arms
2. mail (armor)

Derived terms

• cotilla
• cota de malla

Etymology 2

From Latin quota. Compare cuota.

Noun

cota f (plural cotas)

1. elevation

Further reading

• “cota”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014