fotja

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Catalan

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Etymology 1

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Perhaps borrowed from a Mozarabic *folğa, *folec̆a, from Latin fulicem, variant of fulica.[1]

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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fotja f (plural fotges)

  1. a coot, especially the Eurasian coot (Fulica atra)
  2. a lazybones
Descendants
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  • Sicilian: forgia, foggia
  • Spanish: focha, foja

References

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  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “focha”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 924

Further reading

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Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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fotja f (plural fotges)

  1. puddle (of water or mud)

Etymology 3

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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fotja

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