bocha
See also: bòcha
GalicianEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Onomatopoeic[1] or either from Latin pustula (“pimp”), but influenced by Latin botulus (“sausage”). Compare also bostela.
NounEdit
bocha f (plural bochas)
Related termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
bocha f (plural bochas)
- spherical body
- bowling ball
ReferencesEdit
- “bocha” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
- “bocha” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “bocha” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- ^ Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José A., “buche I”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos, 1983–1991, →ISBN
Old OccitanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin bucca. Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French boche.
NounEdit
bocha f (oblique plural bochas, nominative singular bocha, nominative plural bochas)
- mouth (anatomy)
PortugueseEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- boccia (Portugal)
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
bocha f (plural bochas)
- (Brazil) bowls; lawn bowls (sport where players roll balls such that they stop as close as possible to another ball)
- Synonym: bowls
- (Brazil) bowl (ball thrown by the player in lawn bowls)
SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
bocha f (plural bochas)