kovdo

Ladino

Alternative forms

• cobdo

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish cobdo, from Latin cubitus, from cubitum (“elbow; cubit”).

Noun

kovdo m (Hebrew spelling קוב׳דו)

1. (anatomy) elbow
   • 1982, Enrique Saporta y Beja, En torno de la torre blanca‎^[1], Editions Vidas Largas, page 68:

     Eran fetchas de dos plakas grandes, kuvriendo kaje todo el braso (del kovdo al pulso), tenidas entre eyas por unas kadenikas ke fazian el torno del braso.

     They were made from two big slabs, covering almost the entire arm (from the elbow to the wrist), meeting each other through some necklaces that went around the arm.

2. cubit [16th c.]