coa

See also: COA, CoA, cóa, and co'a

Catalan

Noun

coa f (plural coes)

Alternative form of cua

Galician

Etymology 1

From contraction of preposition con (“with”) + feminine definite article a (“the”)

Contraction

coa f (masculine co, masculine plural cos, feminine plural coas)

with the
Non fales coa boca chea. ― Don't speak with your mouth full.

Etymology 2

Verb

coa

third-person singular present indicative of coar
second-person singular imperative of coar

Latin

Etymology

After a story perhaps pertaining to Clodia Metelli cited in Quintillian, perhaps as a distortion of a form of coeō, or after the luxurious silk from Cos, deriving from the cocoon of the Coan moth, or both.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈko.a/, [ˈkɔ.a]

Noun

coa f (genitive coae); first declension

lustful woman, prostitute
- 95 CE, Quintillian, Institutio Oratoria 8.6.52
  ...in triclinio coam, in cubiculo nolam....
  ...Coan in the dining-room, noan in the bedroom...

Inflection

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	coa	coae
genitive	coae	coārum
dative	coae	coīs
accusative	coam	coās
ablative	coā	coīs
vocative	coa	coae

References

coa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Verb

coa

third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of coar

second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of coar

Etymology 2

Contraction

coa

(obsolete) Contraction of com a.

Spanish

Noun

coa f (plural coas)

primitive hoe, a sharp wooden rod formerly used by Native Americans to till the soil.
(Chile, prison slang) low-class or criminal jargon.

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.