# cofia
## Galician
### Alternative forms

* coifa

### Etymology

From Late Latin cofia, from Proto-West Germanic *kuffju. Compare Middle High German kupfe (“cap”), Old High German kupphia (“cap”), English coif, French coiffer.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkɔfja/ [ˈkɔ.fjɐ]
* Rhymes: -ɔfja
* Hyphenation: co‧fia

### Noun

cofia f (plural cofias)
* coif, hood (traditionally made in lace and worn by women)
    Synonym: touca
** 1746, frei Martín Sarmiento, Coloquio de 24 gallegos rústicos:comprarein na vila cousas a desexo: corpiño, manguiñas, cintiñas, ourelos, e mais unha coifa e mais un espelloI'll buy in town everything I'd wish: bodice, sleeves, ribbons, borders, and a coif and a mirror
* cloth-like tissue which surrounds the guts of animals
    Synonym: touca
* (historical) coif (chain mail or cloth headgear)
** 1361, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 92:mando vender a miña cóffea do çendal e hua maça d'açeyro [..] et dous canbaysses e hua cóffea d'armar et mays huun rocínI order to sell my coif of sendal and an iron mace [..] and two cabaysses [?] and a coif of armor and a rowney

#### Related terms

* cofar

### References

* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “cofia”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

### Further reading

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “cofia”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “cofya”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “cóffea”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cofia”, 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), “cofia”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cofia”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Italian
### Noun

cofia f (plural cofie)
* cap

### Anagrams

* ciofa, fioca, focai

## Portuguese
### Verb

cofia
* inflection of cofiar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin cofia, from Proto-West Germanic *kuffju. See also Middle High German kupfe (“cap”), Old High German kupphia (“cap”), English coif.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkofja/ [ˈko.fja]
* Rhymes: -ofja
* Syllabification: co‧fia

### Noun

cofia f (plural cofias)
* cap (head covering of a nurse or waitress)
* (rockets) payload fairing

### Further reading

* “cofia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Welsh
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkɔvja/

### Verb

cofia
* inflection of cofio:
** second-person singular imperative
** third-person singular present/future literary
** first-person singular future colloquial

### Mutation

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