copinya

Uncertain. Proposals include:

1. From an anomalous development of Latin conchylium.
2. From an anomalous development of Latin pecten, pectinem.
3. From a metathesized form of a pre-Roman root *pekina.
4. From a diminutive of Latin cuppa (“drinking vessel”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kuˈpi.ɲə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [koˈpi.ɲa]

copinya f (plural copinyes)

1. scallop

   Synonym: petxina

2. (architecture) pendentive

   Synonym: petxina

3. cockle

   Synonym: escopinya

4. clam

   Synonym: cloïssa

5. (nautical) hatch

   Synonym: balou

• escopinya

• “copinya”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “copinya”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “copinya” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “copinya” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.