• colzo,cotze

Inherited fromOld Catalancolde, from pre-literary*coude (with hypercorrection of coda [w] to [ɫ]), fromLatincubitum. Compare the development of Catalanmalalt,delme from originalmalaute,deume (Latinmale habitus,decimus). The subsequent change from /d/ to /(d)z/ may have been by analogy withpolze(“thumb”).Doublet ofcúbit, a borrowing from Latin.

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

• Audio(Catalonia):

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colze m (pluralcolzes)

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

• colzada
• recolzar

• “colze”, inDiccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition,Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan:Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “colze” inDiccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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