cochi

Central Nahuatl

Verb

cochi

1. (intransitive) to sleep

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

From Proto-Uto-Aztecan. Cognate with O'odham kohsig (“to sleep”) and Yaqui koche (“to sleep”).

Verb

cochi

1. (intransitive) sleep

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Etymology

Cognate to Classical Nahuatl cochi

Verb

cochi

1. to sleep.

Welsh

Etymology

From coch (“red”) +‎ -i.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔχi/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkoːχi/, /ˈkɔχi/
• Rhymes: -ɔχi

Verb

cochi (first-person singular present cochaf)

1. to redden, to make red
2. to blush
3. to brown, to scorch

   Synonym: deifio

4. to cure fish

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	cochaf	cochi	coch, cocha	cochwn	cochwch	cochant	cochir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	cochwn	cochit	cochai	cochem	cochech	cochent	cochid
preterite	cochais	cochaist	cochodd	cochasom	cochasoch	cochasant	cochwyd
pluperfect	cochaswn	cochasit	cochasai	cochasem	cochasech	cochasent	cochasid, cochesid
present subjunctive	cochwyf	cochych	cocho	cochom	cochoch	cochont	cocher
imperative	—	coch, cocha	coched	cochwn	cochwch	cochent	cocher
verbal noun	cochi
verbal adjectives	cochedig cochadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	cocha i, cochaf i	cochi di	cochith o/e/hi, cochiff e/hi	cochwn ni	cochwch chi	cochan nhw
conditional	cochwn i, cochswn i	cochet ti, cochset ti	cochai fo/fe/hi, cochsai fo/fe/hi	cochen ni, cochsen ni	cochech chi, cochsech chi	cochen nhw, cochsen nhw
preterite	cochais i, coches i	cochaist ti, cochest ti	cochodd o/e/hi	cochon ni	cochoch chi	cochon nhw
imperative	—	cocha	—	—	cochwch	—

Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• cochi at y clustiau (“to blush to the ears”)
• cochi tir (“to plough the land”)

Related terms

• mygu (“to cure meat”)
• pennog coch (“kipper, cured herring”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of cochi

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cochi	gochi	nghochi	chochi

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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