# cova
## Catalan
### Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *cova, itself an alteration of Late Latin cava (or of a Vulgar Latin *covum, *covus), from Latin cavus.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈkɔ.βə]
* IPA: (Balearic) [ˈkɔ.və]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈkɔ.va]

#### Noun

cova f (plural coves)
* cave

##### Related terms

* cava

#### Further reading

* “cova” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
* “cova”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
* “cova” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈko.βə]
* IPA: (Balearic) [ˈko.və]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈko.va]

#### Verb

cova
* inflection of covar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Franco-Provençal
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin cōda.

### Noun

cova f (plural coves) (ORB, broad)
* tail

### References

* queue in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
* cova in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese cova (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria). Either from an archaic Latin *covus, Classical cavus (or variant of a Late Latin cava, from cavum), or from Vulgar Latin covus (“hollow of the hand”), or from a substrate; ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱówHwos (“cavity”). Cognate with Portuguese cova and Spanish cueva.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkɔβa̝/

### Noun

cova f (plural covas)
* cave; cavern; grotto
    Synonyms: cafurna, caverna, covo, espenuca, furna, gruta, pala
* grave
    Synonyms: burata, tumba
** 1775, María Francisca Isla y Losada, Romance:Anque à prea non hègrande si ca si, ò sacristan disque à pestàna do figado se lle hiba alegrando já. Ô cont'hè, si enturra n'eso Deus me libre das suas más, que'anque eu non queira, na Coba de chantarme heche capàz.Although the booty is not large, anyhow, the sacristan's liver's eyes, reportedly, were shinning bright. The issue is, if he persists, God save me from his hands, that even if I don't want, in the grave he is capable of thrusting me
* cave or hole in a surface
    Synonym: coviña
* den
    Synonyms: tobo, toco

#### Derived terms

* Coba
* Cobas
* Cova
* cova do brazo
* cova do ollo
* Covas
* Covela
* Covelas
* Coveliña

### Adjective

cova
* feminine singular of covo

#### Derived terms

* Vilacova

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “cova”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “cova”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cova”, 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), “cova”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cova”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “cueva”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “gavilla”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈko.va/
* Rhymes: -ova
* Hyphenation: có‧va

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

cova f (plural cove)
* brooding
    fare la cova ― to brood

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

cova
* inflection of covare:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Anagrams

* cavo, cavò, vaco, vacò, voca

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese cova, from Vulgar Latin *cova, from covus, alternative form of Latin cavus (or from a variant of Late Latin cava, from cavum, cavus), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱówHwos (“cavity”). Compare Spanish cueva.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈkɔ.vɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈkɔ.vɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈkɔ.va/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈkɔ.vɐ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈkɔ.vɐ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈkɔ.bɐ/ [ˈkɔ.βɐ]
* Hyphenation: co‧va

### Noun

cova f (plural covas)
* hole, hollow, cavity
* cavern
* grave

#### Derived terms

* coveiro

### Adjective

cova
* feminine singular of covo