coobra

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *colŏbra, altered from Classical Latin colubra, feminine counterpart to coluber (“snake”), of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ko.ˈɔ.bɾa/

Noun

coobra f

  1. snake
    • a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 368 (facsimile):
      [C]omo nos ſṫa M(aria) do poꝛto guariu ũa moller dũa coobꝛa que tragia eno uentre e auie ben tres años
      (H)ow Holy Mary of the port cured a woman of a snake she had in her belly for three years.
    • c. 1350, Kelvin M. Parker, editor, Historia Troyana, page 90:
      Et a coobra estouo queda, et aseyto a pasariña, et aspero a, et abreu a boca hũ pouco.
      And the snake stood still, and lurked on the bird, and waited for it, and opened his mouth just a bit

Descendants

  • Galician: cobra
  • Portuguese: cobra (see there for further descendants)

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