See also: Auca

English edit

 
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Noun edit

auca (plural aucas)

  1. 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)

  1. goose
    Synonym: ānser

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:
    • Italian: oca
      • Sardinian: oca
    • Sicilian: oca
  • 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
  1. ^ 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

  • IPA(key): [ˈawko]
  • (file)

Noun edit

auca f (plural aucas)

  1. goose

Further reading edit

Romansch edit

Alternative forms edit

  • oca (Sutsilvan, Surmiran)
  • ocha (Puter, Vallader)

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)

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) goose

Spanish edit

Noun edit

auca f (plural aucas)

  1. auca
  2. pond water-crowfoot

Further reading edit