covo

Catalan

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈkɔ.βu]
IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈkɔ.vo]

Noun

covo m (plural covos)

(Northern, Mallorca, Menorca) Alternative form of cove

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈko.βu]
IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈko.vo]

Verb

covo

first-person singular present indicative of covar

References

“covo” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Covo or cabazo

Etymology 1

From Latin cophinus (“basket”), from Ancient Greek κόφινος (kóphinos, “basket”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈkɔβʊ]

Noun

covo m (plural covos)

wickerwork granary
Synonym: cabazo
skep
Synonym: trobo
- 1707, Salvador Francisco Roel, Entremés ao real e feliz parto da nosa raíña:
  Vinte cinco ducias D'obos
  eu lle ofrezo, porque teñan
  conque fazer os Formigos,
  e de mel vnha caldeyra,
  que os meus cobos e cortizos
  teñen moy boas entenas;
  porque sairon ogano
  moytos enjames d'abellas.
  Twenty-five dozens of eggs
  I offer her, so that they have the necessary
  to cook the formigos;
  and of honey a cauldron,
  because my skeps and hives
  have very good honeycombs,
  because this year
  many swarms of bees went out
hollow section of a trunk used as beehive
Synonym: cortizo

Etymology 2

Either from an archaic Latin *covus, Classical cavus,^[1] or from Vulgar Latin covus (“hollow of the hand”),^[2] or from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia; ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱówHwos (“cavity”). Cognate with Portuguese covo and Spanish cueva.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkɔβo̝/

Noun

covo m (plural covos)

hole
Synonym: cova

Derived terms

Adjective

covo (feminine cova, masculine plural covos, feminine plural covas)

(dated) concave
Synonym: cóncavo
(dated) deep; hollow
Synonym: fondo
- 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 157:
  Cauallo que ha a door no corpo dentro contynoadamente ten as orellas fryas et os ollos couos he mal enfermo
  the horse who has pain inside his body continuously, has his ears cold and the eyes hollow; he is badly sick

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
“covo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “covo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (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), “covo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “covo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “cueva”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “gavilla”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Italian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈko.vo/
Rhymes: -ovo
Hyphenation: có‧vo

Etymology 1

Noun

covo m (plural covi)

lair, den (of an animal)
Synonym: tana
(figurative) hideout, lair (for example, of a criminal or group of criminals)
Synonyms: nascondiglio, tana

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

covo

first-person singular present indicative of covare

Anagrams

voco, vocò

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Alternation of côvão, an inheritance from Latin cophinus (“basket”), from Ancient Greek κόφινος (kóphinos, “basket”). Doublet of cobo.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.vu/, (incorrect, but commonly used in certain Brazilian television series) /ˈko.vu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.vo/, (incorrect, but commonly used in certain Brazilian television series) /ˈko.vo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.vu/, (incorrect, but commonly used in certain Brazilian television series) /ˈko.vu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.bu/ [ˈkɔ.βu], (incorrect, but commonly used in certain Brazilian television series) /ˈko.bu/ [ˈko.βu]

Noun

covo m (plural covos)

pot (trap used for fishing crabs and lobsters)

Related terms

côvão

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin cavus (“hollow; concave”). Doublet of cavo.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈko.vu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈko.vo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈko.vu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈko.bu/ [ˈko.βu]

Adjective

covo (feminine cova, masculine plural covos, feminine plural covas)

concave
Synonyms: cavo, côncavo

Antonym: convexo

[1] Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “cueva”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

[2] Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “gavilla”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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