banca
English edit
Etymology edit
From Philippine Spanish banca, from Tagalog bangka.
Noun edit
banca (plural bancas)
- (Philippines) A canoe; an outrigger canoe or dugout.
- 1908, W. W. Pettit, “Fourth Grade Civics: 13th Meeting—Water Supply”, in Philippine Education[1], volume 5, number 1, Manila, page 29:
- In towns on plains near the sea it is difficult to secure good water. The rivers are salt and water has to be carried in bancas many miles. An open banca is neither a clean nor a safe way to carry water.
Derived terms edit
Asturian edit
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
banca f (plural banques)
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
From banc.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
banca f (plural banques)
Further reading edit
- “banca” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “banca”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “banca” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “banca” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Corsican edit
Etymology edit
Of Germanic origin. Akin to Italian banca, see there for more.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
banca f (plural banche)
References edit
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Lombardic bank (“bench”), from Proto-West Germanic *banki, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg- (“to bend”). Cognates include Spanish banco and Portuguese banco. Doublet of banco and panca.
Noun edit
banca f (plural banche)
- bank (financial institution)
Descendants edit
See banco for descendants.
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
banca
- inflection of bancare:
Portuguese edit
Etymology 1 edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ɐ̃kɐ
- Hyphenation: ban‧ca
Noun edit
banca f (plural bancas)
- stall (a small open-fronted shop)
- Synonym: (Brazil) estande
- booth (a small stall for the display and sale of goods)
- newsstand (open stall where newspapers and magazines are on sale)
- (economics) banking
- (Brazil) jury (a group of people whose aim is to judge something)
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
banca
- inflection of bancar:
Romanian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
banca f
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From banco.
Noun edit
banca f (plural bancas)
- small bench
- Synonym: banqueta
- seat (in an elective body)
- financial system
- (Philippines) a small outrigger canoe boat used in the Philippines
- (Philippines) a kind of large pitcher made of coarse clay
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
banca f (plural bancas)
- (Philippines) a small outrigger canoe boat used in the Philippines
- (Philippines) a kind of large pitcher made of coarse clay
Etymology 3 edit
Verb edit
banca
- inflection of bancar:
Further reading edit
- “banca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- Venancio M. de Abella (1874) Vade-Mecum Filipino ó manual de la conversacion familiar Español-Tagalog[2], 12.ᵃ edition (overall work in Spanish and Tagalog), Escolta, Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier, page 112