cozar

• coxar

From Old Galician-Portuguese coçar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria). Onomatopoeic. Cognate with Portuguese coçar; compare also Spanish cosquillas and escozor.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /koˈθaɾ/, (western) /koˈsaɾ/

cozar (first-person singular present cozo, first-person singular preterite cocei, past participle cozado)

1. to scratch
   • c1350, Kelvin M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 24:

     chegou aos touros esforçadamẽnte sem nẽgũ temor. Et trouxe'lles a'maão destra por'los peytos, coçãdo-os et afaagando-os.

     he bravely came to the bulls, fearless, and he brought them to his right, scratching and fondling them

   Synonyms: rañar, rascar

• coceira
• entrecocer
• escozar

• coscas
• cóxegas

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “coçar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “coça”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cozar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cozar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cozar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN