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Romanian
Etymology
From cotovaie + -că. First attested in 1911.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ko.toˈvaj.kə/
- Rhymes: -ajkə
- Hyphenation: co‧to‧vai‧că
Noun
cotovaică f (plural cotovaice) (Oltenia)
- half of a dried squash husk, used as a container[2]
1911 December, Ion I. Ciuncanu, “Datine și credințe”, in Ion Creangă, volume 3, page 393:Când pițărăii au venit la casa omului, omul îi bagă în curte pe toți și scoate o coțovaică (coajă de dovleac) cu semințe de cânepă, in, porumb, grâu, semințe de dovleac […]- When the carolers have arrived at the man’s home, the man takes them all in the yard and takes out a coțovaică (squash husk) filled with hemp, flax, corn, wheat, pumpkin seeds
- Synonym of cotovaie (“half of a baked squash”)[3]
Declension
References
- ^ cotovaică in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
- ^ Sextil Pușcariu, editor (1940), Dicționarul limbii române, volume 1, part 1, Bucharest: Romanian Academy, page 857
- ^ August Scriban, editor (1939), Dicționaru limbiĭ româneștĭ, Bucharest: Presa Bună: “cotováĭe și cotăváĭe f., pl. ăĭ (cp. cu cotoraĭe). Olt. Tivdă (dovleac) scobită și uscată de ținut făină. V. bîtcă. ― Gourd (squash) hollowed and dried, for holding flour. See bâtcă.”