cof

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Albanian

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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cof (aorist cofa, participle cofur)

  1. (intransitive) to die, to die off (exclusively for animals except bees)
    Synonym: ngordh

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Further reading

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  • “cof”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1] (in Albanian), 1980
  • cof”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “cof”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 51

Latin

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Noun

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cof n (indeclinable)

  1. qoph

Seri

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Fruits of the San Juan tree.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cof (plural coft)

  1. San Juan tree (Bonellia macrocarpa subsp. pungens)

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References

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  • Moser, Mary B., Marlett, Stephen A. (2010) Comcaac quih yaza quih hant ihiip hac: cmiique iitom - cocsar iitom - maricaana iitom [Seri-Spanish-English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Hermosillo: Plaza y Valdés Editores, →ISBN, page 205.

Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English cough.

Interjection

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cof

  1. onomatopoeia of the coughing sound
    Eh… tengo una cita con una chica… ¡cof!, ¡cof!… esta noche.
    Eh... I have a date with a girl... Cough!, Cough!... tonight.

Welsh

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Etymology

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From Proto-Celtic *kom- + Proto-Indo-European *men- (to think)[1]

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Noun

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cof m (plural cofion)

  1. memory
    Wrth i mi heneiddio, mae'r cof yn pallu'n amlach.
    As I get older, my memory fails me more often.

Usage notes

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The word cof refers to the ability of the brain to record information with the facility of recalling it later at will. To refer to a record of a thing stored and available for later use, the word used is atgof.

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
cof gof nghof chof
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 156 i (9)
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cof”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies