auca
See also: Auca
English edit
Noun edit
auca (plural aucas)
- A traditional form of art from Catalonia, consisting of a comic-like series of images with text captions, often rhyming couplets.
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From av- (“bird”) + -ica (relational suffix), with regular syncope of /ĭ/. Compare Latin auceps < *awikaps or aucella < avicella.
Attested in Avienius and late glosses.[1]
Noun edit
auca f (genitive aucae); first declension (Late Latin)
Inflection edit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | auca | aucae |
Genitive | aucae | aucārum |
Dative | aucae | aucīs |
Accusative | aucam | aucās |
Ablative | aucā | aucīs |
Vocative | auca | aucae |
Descendants edit
- Dalmatian:
- Italo-Romance:
- North Italian:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
References edit
- Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “auca”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 69
- ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “auca”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 25: Refonte Apaideutos–Azymus, page 771
Further reading edit
- auca in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Occitan edit
Alternative forms edit
- aucha (Auvergne, Limousin)
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Occitan auca, from Late Latin auca, from Classical Latin avis (“bird”). Compare Catalan oca, French oie, Franco-Provençal oye, Spanish oca, Italian oca, Romansh auca, ocha.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
auca f (plural aucas)
Further reading edit
- Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 37.
- Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians[1], 2 edition, →ISBN, page 129.
Romansch edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Late Latin auca, from Classical Latin avis (“bird”). Compare Friulian ocje, Italian and Venetian oca, Dalmatian jauca, Occitan auca, Catalan oca, French oie.
Noun edit
auca f (plural aucas)
Spanish edit
Noun edit
auca f (plural aucas)
Further reading edit
- “auca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014