coffa

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔfə/

Noun

coffa

1. Obsolete form of coffee.

Anagrams

• Acoff

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian coffa (“basket”), from Arabic قفة (quffah, “basket”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔf.fa/
• Rhymes: -ɔffa
• Hyphenation: còf‧fa

Noun

coffa f (plural coffe)

1. (nautical) top (framework at the top of a ship's mast)

Anagrams

• caffo

Sicilian

Etymology

From Arabic قفة (quffah, “basket”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔf.fa/, [ˈkwɔ-], [ˈkʊ.a-]
• Rhymes: -offa
• Hyphenation: còf‧fa

Noun

coffa f (plural coffi)

1. a basket

   Synonyms: panaru, sporta

2. (nautical) crow's nest

Derived terms

• Coffa
• cuffaru
• Cuffaru
• cuffazza
• cuffiteḍḍa
• cufinu
• scuffari
• scuffatu
• scuffazzata

Related terms

• cafisu
• caputa
• còfanu
• panaru
• sarma
• vùmmula

Descendants

• → Italian: coffa, Coffa

See also

• beffa
• buffa
• buffu
• ciffu
• cippu
• cubba
• cuffia
• gebbia
• smorfia
• stoffa
• tabbutu
• tannura
• tappu
• toppa
• tuppu

Welsh

Pronunciation

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Verb

coffa (first-person singular present coffâf)

1. alternative form of coffáu (“to recall”)

Derived terms

• atgoffa (“to remind”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of coffa

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
coffa	goffa	nghoffa	choffa

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “coffa”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies