cova

See also: Cova

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈkɔ.βə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈkɔ.və]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈkɔ.va]

Noun

cova f (plural coves)

1. cave

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Franco-Provençal

Alternative forms

• cua

Etymology

From Latin coda.

Noun

cova f (plural coves)

1. tail

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Galician

Cova ("cave") of Eirós, Galicia

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese cova (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria). Either from an archaic Latin *covus, Classical cavus, or from Vulgar Latin covus (“hollow of the hand”), or from a substrate; ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱówHwos (“cavity”). Cognate with Portuguese cova and Spanish cueva.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔβa̝/

Noun

cova f (plural covas)

1. cave; cavern; grotto

   Synonyms: cafurna, caverna, covo, espenuca, furna, gruta, pala

2. grave

   Synonyms: burata, tumba

3. cave or hole in a surface

   Synonym: coviña

4. den

   Synonyms: tobo, toco

Derived terms

• Coba
• Cobas
• Cova
• cova do brazo
• cova do ollo
• Covas
• Covela
• Covelas
• Coveliña

Adjective

1. (dated) concave

   Synonym: cóncavo

2. (dated) deep; hollow
   • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé (ed.), Tratado de Albeitaria. Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 157:

     Cauallo que ha a door no corpo dentro contynoadamente ten as orellas fryas et os ollos couos he mal enfermo

     the horse who has pain inside his body continuously, has his ears cold and the eyes hollow; he is badly sick

   Synonym: fondo

Derived terms

• Vilacova

References

• Template:R:DDGM
• “cova” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• Template:R:DDLG
• Template:R:TILG
• “cova” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Italian

Noun

cova f (plural cove)

1. brooding

Derived terms

• fare la cova (“to brood”)

Verb

cova

1. third-person singular present of covare
2. second-person singular imperative of covare

Anagrams

• cavo, cavò, vaco, vacò, voca

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese cova, from Vulgar Latin *cova, from covus, alternative form of Latin cavus, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱówHwos (“cavity”). Compare Spanish cueva.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.vɐ/
• Hyphenation: co‧va

Noun

cova f (plural s)

1. hole, hollow, cavity
2. cavern
3. grave.

Derived terms

• coveiro

Adjective

cova

1. (deprecated template usage) Feminine singular of adjective covo.