fotja

Catalan

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• forja (Mallorca)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈfɔ.d͡ʒə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈfɔ.d͡ʒa]

Noun

fotja f (plural fotges)

1. a coot, especially the Eurasian coot (Fulica atra)
2. a lazybones

Descendants

• → Sicilian: forgia, foggia
• → Spanish: focha, foja

Further reading

• “fotja” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈfo.d͡ʒə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈfo.d͡ʒa]

Noun

fotja f (plural fotges)

1. puddle (of water or mud)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈfɔ.d͡ʒə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈfo.d͡ʒa]

Verb

fotja

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