coa

coa f (plural coes)

1. Alternative form of cua

From contraction of preposition con (“with”) + feminine definite article a (“the”)

coa f (masculine co, masculine plural cos, feminine plural coas)

1. with the

   Non fales coa boca chea. ― Don't speak with your mouth full.

coa

1. third-person singular present indicative of coar
2. second-person singular imperative of coar

After a story perhaps pertaining to Clodia Metelli cited in Quintillian, perhaps as a distortion of a form of coeō, or after the luxurious silk from Cos, deriving from the cocoon of the Coan moth, or both.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈko.a/, [ˈkɔ.a]

coa f (genitive coae); first declension

1. lustful woman, prostitute
   • 95 CE, Quintillian, Institutio Oratoria 8.6.52:

     ...in triclinio coam, in cubiculo nolam....

     ...Coan in the dining-room, noan in the bedroom...

First declension.

• coa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

coa

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

coa

1. (obsolete) Contraction of com a.

From Latin cauda, from Proto-Italic *kaudā, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂udeh₂

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔa/

coa f (plural coas)

1. (anatomy) tail
2. tail (tail-end of an object)
3. lap (upper legs of a sitting person)

   Sa mama si ponet in coa su fizu, ei su fizu si ponet coa de sa mama.

   The mother takes her son on her lap, and her son sits on his mother's lap.

coa f (plural coas)

1. primitive hoe, a sharp wooden rod formerly used by Native Americans to till the soil.
2. (Chile, prison slang) low-class or criminal jargon.