fotja

Catalan

Alternative forms

forja (Majorcan)

Etymology

Perhaps borrowed from a Mozarabic *folğa, *folec̆a, from Latin fulicem, variant of fulica.[1]

Pronunciation

(Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔ.d͡ʒə/

(Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔ.d͡ʒa/

Noun

fotja f (plural fotges)

A coot, especially the Eurasian coot (Fulica atra).
A lazybones.

Descendants

→ Sicilian: forgia, foggia
→ Spanish: focha, foja

References

Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1984), “focha”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 924

Further reading

“fotja” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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