kofa

Hungarian

Etymology

Of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkofɒ]
• Hyphenation: ko‧fa
• Rhymes: -fɒ

Noun

kofa (plural kofák)

1. a woman who sells vegetables, fish, etc. in a market, a vendor
2. (by extension) gossip, chatterbox

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	kofa	kofák
accusative	kofát	kofákat
dative	kofának	kofáknak
instrumental	kofával	kofákkal
causal-final	kofáért	kofákért
translative	kofává	kofákká
terminative	kofáig	kofákig
essive-formal	kofaként	kofákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	kofában	kofákban
superessive	kofán	kofákon
adessive	kofánál	kofáknál
illative	kofába	kofákba
sublative	kofára	kofákra
allative	kofához	kofákhoz
elative	kofából	kofákból
delative	kofáról	kofákról
ablative	kofától	kofáktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	kofáé	kofáké
non-attributive possessive – plural	kofáéi	kofákéi

Possessive forms of kofa

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	kofám	kofáim
2nd person sing.	kofád	kofáid
3rd person sing.	kofája	kofái
1st person plural	kofánk	kofáink
2nd person plural	kofátok	kofáitok
3rd person plural	kofájuk	kofáik

Further reading

• kofa in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰɔːva/

  Rhymes: -ɔːva

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

kofa f (genitive singular kofu, nominative plural kofur)

1. a young puffin

   Synonym: pysja

Declension

Declension of kofa (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kofa	kofan	kofur	kofurnar
accusative	kofu	kofuna	kofur	kofurnar
dative	kofu	kofunni	kofum	kofunum
genitive	kofu	kofunnar	kofa, kofna	kofanna, kofnanna

Etymology 2

Noun

kofa m

1. indefinite accusative singular of kofi
2. indefinite dative singular of kofi
3. indefinite genitive singular of kofi
4. indefinite accusative plural of kofi
5. indefinite genitive plural of kofi

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قوغه (kova).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kôfa/
• Hyphenation: ko‧fa

Noun

kȍfa f (Cyrillic spelling ко̏фа)

1. pail
2. bucket

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from Hungarian kofa, further origin unknown. First attested in the 19th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔfa/, [ˈkɔfa]
• Rhymes: -ɔfa
• Hyphenation: ko‧fa

Noun

kofa f

1. (colloquial) vendor, female stallholder

   Synonym: trhovkyňa

Declension

Declension of kofa
(pattern žena)

	singular	plural
nominative	kofa	kofy
genitive	kofy	kôf
dative	kofe	kofám
accusative	kofu	kofy
locative	kofe	kofách
instrumental	kofou	kofami

Further reading

• “kofa”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026