coita

See also: coïta

Galician

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese coita, from coitar, from Vulgar Latin *cōctare, from Latin coactus (“forced”). Compare Portuguese coita and Spanish cuita.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkojta̝/

Noun

coita f (plural coitas)

1. sorrow, grief

   Synonyms: mágoa, pena

   • 1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 731:

     Et cõ grã coyta que auía, metíose sobre mar, cõ grandes cõpañas, porlo yr buscar, et tãto singlarõ, a rremos et a treu, ata que chegarõ alý hu el iazía soterrado

     With great grief, he went into the sea with a large army, for searching for him, and they navigated for a long time, on oars and sails, until they arrived there where he was buried

   • 1845, Alberto Camino, O desconsolo:

     Xa non iremos mais po-los roleiros
     en compaña amorosa áas moras, non.
     Nin baixo dos follosos ameneiros
     as coitas che direi do corazon.

     We'll no longer go by the hedges
     in loving company [searching] for blackberries, no.
     Nor under the leafy alders
     the afflictions of the heart I'll tell you.

Related terms

• coitado

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• decoita

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkojta̝/

Noun

coita f (plural coitas)

1. (agriculture) fallow

   Synonym: barbeito

Related terms

• coitío

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “coyta”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “coyta”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “coita”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “coita”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “coita”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

• cuita

Etymology

From coitar, from Vulgar Latin *cōctare, from Latin coactus (“forced”).

Noun

coita f (plural coitas)

1. sorrow, grief, misfortune

Derived terms

• a gran coita
• andar em coita
• aver coita de
• coita de amor

 

Related terms

• coitadamente
• coitado
• coitar

 

Descendants

• Galician: coita
• Portuguese: coita, cuita

Further reading

• Universo Cantigas - "coita₁ ~ cuita"

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese coita, from coitar, from Vulgar Latin *cōctare, from Latin coactus (“forced”). Compare Galician coita and Spanish cuita.

Alternative forms

• cuita

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkoj.tɐ/ [ˈkoɪ̯.tɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkoj.tɐ/ [ˈkoɪ̯.tɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkoj.ta/ [ˈkoɪ̯.ta]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkoj.tɐ/

• Hyphenation: coi‧ta

Noun

coita f (plural coitas)

1. (archaic) sorrow, grief, misfortune

Related terms

• coitado

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

coita

1. feminine singular of coito

Verb

coita

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