colze

Catalan

Alternative forms

colzo, cotze

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan colde, from pre-literary *coude (with hypercorrection of coda [w] to [ɫ]), from Latin cubitum. Compare the development of Catalan malalt, delme from original malaute, deume (Latin male habitus, decimus). The subsequent change from /d/ to /(d)z/ may have been by analogy with polze (“thumb”). Doublet of cúbit, a borrowing from Latin.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈkol.zə]

IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈkol.ze]
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Noun

colze m (plural colzes)

elbow
cubit, an informal unit of length based on the distance of a forearm and hand
(historical) codo, Spanish cubit, a traditional unit of length equivalent to about 41.6 cm
(golf) dogleg

Derived terms

References

“colze” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
“colze” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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