coto

Meaning

Noun

1. (masculine) stump (remaining part of an amputated limb or organ)
2. (broadly,masculine) stump (remaining part of an elongated object that has been chopped or mostly consumed)
3. (masculine) knot (joint of the fingers)

Verb

first-person singular present indicative of cotar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈko.tu/

Etymology

From Latin cubitum (“elbow”). Doublet of côvado and cúbito. Cognate with Galician cóbado, Spanish codo and possibly Spanish coto, Catalan colze and colzo.