cofa

See also: cofà and C of A

Albanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sɔfa]

Verb

cofa

1. first-person singular aorist indicative of cof (“to die”)

Catalan

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Noun

cofa f (plural cofes)

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

Etymology 2

Inherited from Late Latin cofia (“cap”).

Noun

cofa f (plural cofes)

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

   Synonym: copa

Related terms

• còfia

Further reading

• “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.

Galician

Verb

cofa

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

Old English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈko.fɑ/, [ˈko.vɑ]

Noun

cofa m

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

Declension

Weak:

	singular	plural
nominative	cofa	cofan
accusative	cofan	cofan
genitive	cofan	cofena
dative	cofan	cofum

Derived terms

• bāncofa
• gāstcofa

Descendants

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

Polish

Pronunciation

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

Verb

cofa

1. third-person singular present of cofać

Spanish

Etymology

From Arabic قُفَّة (quffa, “basket”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

cofa f (plural cofas)

1. (nautical) top

Further reading

• “cofa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

West Makian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃo.ɸa/

Noun

cofa

1. a raft

References

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

Xhosa

Etymology

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Verb

-cofa^?

1. (transitive) to click

Inflection

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