cof

See also: COF

Albanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡sof]
• Rhymes: -of

Verb

cof (aorist cofa, participle cofur)

1. (intransitive) to die, to die off (exclusively for animals except bees)

   Synonym: ngordh

Derived terms

• cofët
• cofëtinë
• cofinë
• cofje
• coftinar
• cofun
• cofuni

 

Further reading

• “cof”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980
• “cof”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “cof”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 51

Latin

Noun

cof n (indeclinable)

1. qoph

Seri

Fruits of the San Juan tree.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoɸ/

Noun

cof (plural coft)

1. San Juan tree (Bonellia macrocarpa subsp. pungens)

Derived terms

• cof yapxöt
• Cofteecöl (“Isla San Esteban”)

 

References

• Moser, Mary B., Marlett, Stephen A. (2010) Comcaac quih yaza quih hant ihiip hac: cmiique iitom - cocsar iitom - maricaana iitom [Seri-Spanish-English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Hermosillo: Plaza y Valdés Editores, →ISBN, page 205.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English cough.

Interjection

cof

1. onomatopoeia of the coughing sound

   Eh… tengo una cita con una chica… ¡cof!, ¡cof!… esta noche.

   Eh... I have a date with a girl... Cough!, Cough!... tonight.

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *kom- + Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think”)^[1]

Pronunciation

• (North Wales, standard) IPA^(key): /koːv/
  • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /koː/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /koːv/
• Rhymes: -oːv

Noun

cof m (plural cofion)

1. memory

   Wrth i mi heneiddio, mae'r cof yn pallu'n amlach.

   As I get older, my memory fails me more often.

Usage notes

The word cof refers to the ability of the brain to record information with the facility of recalling it later at will. To refer to a record of a thing stored and available for later use, the word used is atgof.

Derived terms

• anghofiedig (“forgotten”)
• anghofio (“to forget”)
• anghofrwydd (“forgetfulness”)
• anghofus (“forgetful”)
• ar gof a chadw (“on record, in writing”)
• ar gof (“remembered”)
• atgof (“memory”)
• atgofion melys (“sweet memories”)
• atgofus (“reminiscent”)
• brith gof (“vague recollection”)
• bythgofiadwy (“unforgettable”)
• cadw mewn cof (“to keep in mind”)
• capel coffa (“memorial chapel”)
• cof bach (“memory stick”)
• cof darllen yn unig (“read-only memory”)
• cof dynamig (“dynamic memory”)
• cof fel gogor (“memory like a sieve”)
• cof fel rhidyll (“memory like a sieve”)
• cof hapgyrch (“random access memory”)
• cofair (“mnemonic”)
• cofbin (“memory stick”)
• cofeb (“memorial”)
• cofgolofn (“monument”)
• cofiadur (“recorder”)
• cofiadwy (“memorable”)
• cofiannol (“biographical”)
• cofiannydd (“biographer”)
• cofiant (“biography, memoir”)
• cofio (“to remember”)
• cofion cynnes (“kind regards”)
• cofion (“regards”)
• cofnod (“record, note, memoradum, mintue, memo”)
• cofnodedig (“recorded”)
• cofnodi (“to record, take notes”)
• cofrestr (“register”)
• cofrestredig (“registered”)
• cofrestrfa (“registry”)
• cofrestru (“to register”)
• cofrestrydd (“registrar”)
• coffa (“remembrance”)
• coffâd (“commemoration”)
• coffadwriaeth (“remembrance, memorial”)
• coffadwriaethol (“commemorative”)
• coffáu (“to commemorate”)
• colli cof (“to lose one's memory”)
• ebargofiant (“oblivion”)
• er cof am (“in memory of”)
• ers cyn cof (“from time immemorial”)
• ffon gof (“memory stick”)
• galw i gof (“to bring to mind, recall”)
• gwallgof (“mad, insane”)
• gwallgofdy (“asylum”)
• gwallgofddyn (“lunatic”)
• gwallgofi (“to madden, to go mad”)
• gwallgofrwydd (“madness, insanity”)
• gwasanaeth coffa (“remembrance service”)
• gwobr goffa (“remembrance prize”)
• hel atgofion (“to reminisce”)
• hunangofiannol (“autobiographical”)
• hunangofiant (“autobiography”)
• neuadd goffa (“memorial hall”)
• o ei gof (“out of one's mind”)
• o fewn cof (“within living memory”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of cof

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cof	gof	nghof	chof

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

References

1. Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 156 i (9)

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cof”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies