cofa

cofa

1. aorist of cof

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈkɔ.fə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈkɔ.fa]

Borrowed from Arabic قُفَّة (quffa, “basket”).

cofa f (plural cofes)

1. (nautical) top
2. a shallow basket, generally without handles; a pannier

Inherited from Late Latin cofia (“cap”).

cofa f (plural cofes)

1. (Mallorca) the part of a hat extending above the brim; the crown

   Synonym: copa

• còfia

• “cofa”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “cofa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

cofa

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

From Proto-West Germanic *kobō, from Proto-Germanic *kubô.

• IPA^(key): /ˈko.fɑ/, [ˈko.vɑ]

cofa m

1. chamber
2. ark
3. cave
4. den

Weak:

• Middle English: cove
  • English: cove
  • Scots: cove, coif

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sɔ.fa/
• Rhymes: -ɔfa
• Syllabification: co‧fa

cofa

1. third-person singular present of cofać

From Arabic قُفَّة (quffa, “basket”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkofa/ [ˈko.fa]
• Rhymes: -ofa
• Syllabification: co‧fa

cofa f (plural cofas)

1. (nautical) top

• “cofa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Said by Collins to possibly be from North Moluccan Malay [Term?].

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃo.ɸa/

cofa

1. a raft

• James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary‎^[1], Pacific linguistics

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-cofa^?

1. (transitive) to click

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