# coita
## Galician
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkojta/ [ˈkoj.t̪ɐ]
* Rhymes: -ojta
* Hyphenation: coi‧ta

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

coita f (plural coitas)
* 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 soterradoWith 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

#### Noun

coita f (plural coitas)
* (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: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* 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
* ↑ Cf. Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “cuita”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* cuita

### Etymology

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

### Noun

coita f (plural coitas)
* 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 - "coita$_1$ ~ 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: /ˈkoj.tɐ/ [ˈkoɪ̯.tɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈkoj.tɐ/ [ˈkoɪ̯.tɐ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈkoj.ta/ [ˈkoɪ̯.ta]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈkoj.tɐ/
* Hyphenation: coi‧ta

#### Noun

coita f (plural coitas)
* (archaic) sorrow, grief, misfortune

##### Related terms

* coitado

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Adjective

coita
* feminine singular of coito

### Etymology 3
#### Verb

coita
* inflection of coitar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative