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WELSH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

coes.

leg, shank

4 characters1 syllables approx.Cymraeg language

Meaning & usage

noun/koːɨ̯s/North-Wales/kɔi̯s/South-Wales, colloquial, standard/koːs/South-Wales, colloquial
  1. leg, shank

    feminine · masculine
  2. leg (of table, chair, etc.), handle, haft or helve (of brush, axe, hammer, scythe, spade, broom, etc.); stem of pipe

    feminine · masculine
  3. stalk, stem, pedicle

    feminine · masculine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Welsh coes, from Proto-Brythonic *koɨs. Cognate with Old Irish cos (“leg”), Latin coxa (“hip”).

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