coffa

• IPA^(key): /kɔfə/

coffa

1. Obsolete form of coffee.

• Acoff

Borrowed from Sicilian coffa (“basket”), from Arabic قفة (quffah, “basket”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔf.fa/
• Rhymes: -ɔffa
• Hyphenation: còf‧fa

coffa f (plural coffe)

1. (nautical) top (framework at the top of a ship's mast)

• caffo

Possibly retained from Arabic قفة (quffah, “basket”). Apparently a wanderwort. Compare, for more, Italian cofano, English coffin, Ancient Greek κόφινος (kóphinos) and, ultimately, also Akkadian 𒄣𒌒𒁍 (/⁠quppu⁠/, “wicker basket”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔf.fa/, [ˈkwɔ-], [ˈkʊ.a-]
• Rhymes: -offa
• Hyphenation: còf‧fa

coffa f (plural coffi)

1. a basket

   Synonyms: panaru, sporta

2. (nautical) crow's nest

• → Italian: coffa, Coffa

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔfa/

coffa (first-person singular present coffâf)

1. alternative form of coffáu (“to recall”)

• atgoffa (“to remind”)

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