colze

Catalan

Alternative forms

• colzo, cotze

Etymology

From Old Catalan colde, from pre-literary *coude (with hypercorrection of coda [w] to [ɫ]), from Latin cubitum. Compare the development of Catalan malalt, delme from original malaute, deume (Latin *male-habitus, decimus). The subsequent change from /d/ to /(d)z/ may have been by analogy with polze (“thumb”). Cognates include Occitan coide, French coude, and Spanish codo. Doublet of cúbit, a borrowing from Latin.

Pronunciation

• (Barcelona, Berga) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔlzə/, [ˈkɔɫzə]
• (Andorra, Girona, La Seu d'Urgell, Alicante) IPA^(key): /ˈkolze/, [ˈkoɫze]
• (Valencia) IPA^(key): /ˈkolse/, [ˈkoɫse]

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Noun

colze m (plural colzes)

1. elbow
2. cubit
3. (golf) dogleg

Derived terms

• colzada
• recolzar

References

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