cova
Catalan
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Vulgar Latin *cova, itself an alteration of Late Latin cava (or of a Vulgar Latin *covum, *covus), from Latin cavus.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]cova f (plural coves)
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “cova” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “cova”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “cova” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Etymology 2
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]cova
- inflection of covar:
Franco-Provençal
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]cova f (plural coves) (ORB, broad)
References
[edit]- queue in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
- cova in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu
Galician
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Etymology
[edit]From Old Galician-Portuguese cova (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria). Either from an archaic Latin *covus, Classical cavus (or variant of a Late Latin cava, from cavum),[1] or from Vulgar Latin covus (“hollow of the hand”),[2] or from a substrate; ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱówHwos (“cavity”). Cognate with Portuguese cova and Spanish cueva.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]cova f (plural covas)
- cave; cavern; grotto
- grave
- 1775, María Francisca Isla y Losada, Romance:
- Anque à prea non hègrande
si ca si, ò sacristan
disque à pestàna do figado
se lle hiba alegrando já.
Ô cont'hè, si enturra n'eso
Deus me libre das suas más,
que'anque eu non queira, na Coba
de chantarme heche capàz.- Although the booty is not large,
anyhow, the sacristan's
liver's eyes, reportedly,
were shinning bright.
The issue is, if he persists,
God save me from his hands,
that even if I don't want, in the grave
he is capable of thrusting me
- Although the booty is not large,
- cave or hole in a surface
- Synonym: coviña
- den
Derived terms
[edit]Adjective
[edit]cova
- feminine singular of covo
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “cova”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “cova”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cova”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cova”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cova”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “cueva”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “gavilla”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Italian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]cova f (plural cove)
- brooding
- fare la cova ― to brood
Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
[edit]cova
- inflection of covare:
Anagrams
[edit]Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Galician-Portuguese cova, from Vulgar Latin *cova, from covus, alternative form of Latin cavus (or from a variant of Late Latin cava, from cavum, cavus), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱówHwos (“cavity”). Compare Spanish cueva.
Pronunciation
[edit]
- Hyphenation: co‧va
Noun
[edit]cova f (plural covas)
Derived terms
[edit]Adjective
[edit]cova
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- Rhymes:Italian/ova
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