coff

== English == === Etymology 1 === Attested from the 15th century. Likely from Scots coft, or from Middle Dutch or other Germanic cofte. Compare German kaufen. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /kɒf/ ==== Verb ==== coff (third-person singular simple present coffs, present participle coffing, simple past and past participle coffed or coft) (Scotland, transitive) To buy, purchase. === Etymology 2 === See cough ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /kɒf/, /kɔf/ ==== Verb ==== coff (third-person singular simple present coffs, present participle coffing, simple past and past participle coffed) Eye dialect spelling of cough. === References === == Scots == === Etymology === Back-formation from coft (“bought”), from Middle Dutch cofte, gecoft, past and past participle of copen (“buy”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɔf/ === Verb === coff (third-person singular simple present coffs, present participle coffin, simple past and past participle coft) (dated, transitive) To buy. === References ===