Noun: covo
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | covo |
| Plural m | covos |
Sample Sentences
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Vinte cinco ducias D'obos
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eu lle ofrezo, porque teñan
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conque fazer os Formigos,
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e de mel vnha caldeyra,
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que os meus cobos e cortizos
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teñen moy boas entenas;
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porque sairon ogano
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moytos enjames d'abellas. (Twenty-five dozens of eggs
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I offer her, so that they have the necessary
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to cook the formigos;
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and of honey a cauldron,
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because my skeps and hives
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have very good honeycombs,
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because this year
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many swarms of bees went out) [1707, Salvador Francisco Roel, Entremés ao real e feliz parto da nosa raíña:]
Nouns inflected like covo
miligramo,
mililitro,
acontecemento,
urodelo,
ancoradoiro,
vimieiro,
serrón,
sesego,
sedeño,
iceberg,
sarrio,
sabuio,
sabugo,
sabujo,
sabuxo,
sabelo,
sangue,
saibro,
saltón,
salmón, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Latin cophinus (“basket”), from Ancient Greek κόφινος (kóphinos, “basket”). See: Latin Nouns '
cophinus', Ancient Greek Nouns '
κόφινος'.
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