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See also: Cox, COX, and çox

Translingual

Symbol

cox

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Nanti.

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Nanti terms

English

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Etymology

Clipping of coxswain.

Pronunciation

Noun

cox (plural coxes)

  1. A coxswain of a boat, especially of a racing crew. [from mid-19th c.]
    • 1889, Jerome K. Jerome, Three Men in a Boat […] ‎:
      A particularly nervous boy was appointed cox, and the steering principle explained to him by Joskins. Joskins himself took stroke. He told the others that it was simple enough; all they had to do was to follow him.

Derived terms

Verb

cox (third-person singular simple present coxes, present participle coxing, simple past and past participle coxed)

  1. (ambitransitive) To act as coxswain for.
    The physicist Stephen Hawking used to cox for a college rowing team.
    I coxed the lightweight 4+ yesterday.

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Ahtna

Adjective

cox

  1. alternative form of cogh

References

  • Kari, James (1990), Ahtna Athabaskan Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 109

Chol

Noun

cox

  1. A crested guan, Penelope purpurascens

Swedish

Etymology

From English cox.

Noun

cox c

  1. (rowing) a cox
    Synonym: styrman

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...

References

Tetelcingo Nahuatl

Etymology

C.f. Classical Nahuatl cuix.

Pronunciation

Adverb

cox

  1. maybe, perhaps
    Synonyms: beli̱s, cana, mati̱

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