coita

From coitar (“to afflict”), from Vulgar Latin *cōctare, from Latin coactus (“forced”).[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈkojta̝/

coita f (plural coitas)

1. sorrow, grief
   • 1370, Ramón Lorenzo (ed.), 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

• pena

• coitado

• decoita

• IPA^(key): /ˈkojta̝/

coita f (plural coitas)

1. (agriculture) fallow

• barbeito

• coitío

• “coyta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “coyta” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “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.

coita

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of coitar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of coitar