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coyer

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English

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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coyer

  1. comparative form of coy: more coy

Anagrams

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Asturian

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Alternative forms

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  • coller (dated)
  • cuyer (Western Asturias)
  • cuyyer (Brañas)
  • cocher (Teberga, Palacios del Sil, West)
  • cucher (Somiedu, Miranda, Babia, Ḷḷaciana, Ibias, Valle Gordo)
  • coer (Candamu, Muros del Nalón, Pravia)
  • acoer (Pravia)
  • cuer (Tinéu)
  • cuyir (Central Asturias)
  • cuir (Central Asturias)

Etymology

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Inherited from Old Leonese coller from Latin colligere (to collect, to gather). Compare Spanish coger, Galician coller, Portuguese colher.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /koˈʝeɾ/ [koˈʝeɾ]

Verb

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coyer

  1. to pick, take
  2. to harvest, collect
    Foron a coyer el maíz
    They went to collect the corn
  3. to fit, enter (to be able to be contained (by something; regardless of whether space or volume remains))
    L'almariu nun cueye pequí
    The wardrobe doesn't fit thorugh here
    ¡Equí nun cueye más xente!
    There's no room for more people here!
  4. to head, to make one's way, to head over
    Coyeron pa la ilesia
    They headed over to the church
    Coyeron pela sienda pa marchar
    They made their way through the path to leave
  5. to get water into one's shoes
    Ten cudiáu que tal agua parao y vas coyer les madreñes
    Be careful, the water is still and you're going to soak your clogs
  6. to run over
    Coyólu un coche
    A car ran him over
  7. to board (a vehicle, especially public transit)

Conjugation

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