coes

Portuguese

Verb

coes

  1. second-person singular (tu) present subjunctive of coar
  2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) negative imperative of coar

Scots

Noun

coes

  1. plural of coe

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *koɨs, from Proto-Celtic *koxsā, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *koks-. Cognate with Old Irish cos (“leg”) and Latin coxa (“hip”).

Pronunciation

Noun

coes m, f (plural coesau)

  1. (anatomy) leg, shank
  2. leg (of table, chair, etc.), handle, haft or helve (of brush, axe, hammer, scythe, spade, broom, etc.); stem of pipe
  3. stalk, stem, pedicle

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
coes goes nghoes choes
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • “coes”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, 2014
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