coima

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese cooyma (“reparations”), from Latin calumnia (“fallacy”). Doublet of calumnia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkojma/ [ˈkoj.mɐ]
• Rhymes: -ojma
• Hyphenation: coi‧ma

Noun

coima f (plural coimas)

1. (law, archaic) fine, reparations

Related terms

• calumnia
• coimar

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “cooyma”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “coom”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “coima”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “coima”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Latin calumnia (“fallacy”). Doublet of calúnia.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkoj.mɐ/ [ˈkoɪ̯.mɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkoj.mɐ/ [ˈkoɪ̯.mɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkoj.ma/ [ˈkoɪ̯.ma]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkoj.mɐ/, /ˈkɔj.mɐ/

• Hyphenation: coi‧ma

Noun

coima f (plural coimas)

1. fine, reparations

   Synonym: multa

Derived terms

• coimar, acoimar, escoimar

Etymology 2

Verb

coima

1. inflection of coimar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese coima (“fine”), from Latin calumnia (“false accusation”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoima/ [ˈkoi̯.ma]
• Rhymes: -oima
• Syllabification: coi‧ma

Noun

coima f (plural coimas)

1. bribe

   Synonyms: soborno, alfadía (obsolete)

Further reading

• “coima”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28