coita

See also: coïta

Galician

Etymology 1

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

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

• “coyta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “coyta” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “coita” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “coita” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “coita” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Adjective

coita

1. (dated) feminine singular of coito

Verb

coita

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