different between boyer vs coyer

English

Etymology

From Dutch boeijer, so called because these vessels were employed for laying the boeijen, or buoys: compare French boyer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b???(?)/

Noun

boyer (plural boyers)

1. (nautical) A Flemish sloop with a castle at each end.
   • 1651, Walter Raleigh, Observations touching trade and commerce with the Hollander and other nations

     they have many advantages of us; the one is, by their fashioned ships called boyers, hoybarks, hoys, and others […]

Anagrams

• Robey, ybore

English

Pronunciation

• Homophone: coir

Adjective

coyer

1. comparative form of coy: more coy

Anagrams

• Corey, Royce

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin colligere, present active infinitive of collig? (“I collect, I gather”). Compare Spanish coger, Galician coller, Portuguese colher.

Verb

coyer

1. to pick (fruit)
2. to hold, hold back
3. to grab, hold on to
4. to take, take hold of, grab
5. to get (gain possession of)
6. to pick up, gather up
7. to get, to fit (to be a suitable size)
8. to take up (space, time)
9. to get, to catch (an illness)
10. to set aside, put aside (time, resources)
11. to get on, get in (a vehicle)
12. to pick up (passengers)
13. to get, take (transport, a lift etc.)
14. to get, understand (information, a joke, a speech etc.)
15. to take on, hire (an employee)

Conjugation

Derived terms

• coyer el corazón nun puñu

Related terms

• acoyer
• collecha
• escoyer
• recoyer