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moca

See also: MoCA, mocà, mocą, mócā, moča, and moça

Catalan edit

Etymology 1 edit

From a proposed pre-Roman form *mauka of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

moca f (plural moques)

  1. guts, entrails
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Mokha (“Mocha”), port city in Yemen.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

moca m (plural moques)

  1. mocha (type of coffee, or a dessert made from chocolate and coffee)

Etymology 3 edit

From moc (“mucus”), based on the fish's consistency.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

moca f (plural moques)

  1. (Valencia) jellyfish
    Synonym: medusa

Etymology 4 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

moca

  1. inflection of mocar (“to blow (the nose); to mock”):
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 5 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

moca

  1. inflection of mocar (“to gut (a fish or carcass)”):
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading edit

Galician edit

Etymology 1 edit

Unknown. Related to Spanish mueca and probably also French moquer.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

moca m (plural mocas)

  1. mockery
    Synonyms: burla, chacota, escarnio
  2. grimace
    • c. 1780, anonymous author, Cincuenta décimas contra Cernadas:
      Mordesme en Papeliños,
      que leeron moitas Xentes:
      mordes me, chantasme os dentes
      chantame agora os focinos:
      si lendo estes meus termiños
      fixères xestos, ou mocas,
      ê contra min te desuocas,
      ê con Mocas ques ferir me,
      e focas no Corpo abrirme,
      Chantame as mocas nas focas.
      You bite me in little papers
      that many people have read
      You bite me, thrust you teeth in me
      Thrust now your snout
      If reading these my terms
      You do gestures or grimaces
      and against me you run off at the mouth
      and with clubs you want to injure me
      and holes in my body open
      Thrust the clubs into my holes
  3. (figurative) drunkenness
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

From an old Galician *mãoca, from man (“hand”) + -oca. Cognate with Asturian manueca.

 
A recreation of a malla (communal threshing)

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

moca f (plural mocas)

  1. club, cudgel
    Synonyms: baloco, cachaporra
    • c. 1780, anonymous author, Cincuenta décimas contra Cernadas:
      Mordesme en Papeliños,
      que leeron moitas Xentes:
      mordes me, chantasme os dentes
      chantame agora os focinos:
      si lendo estes meus termiños
      fixères xestos, ou mocas,
      ê contra min te desuocas,
      ê con Mocas ques ferir me,
      e focas no Corpo abrirme,
      Chantame as mocas nas focas.
      You bite me in little papers
      that many people have read
      You bite me, thrust you teeth in me
      Thrust now your snout
      If reading these my terms
      You do gestures or grimaces
      and against me you run off at the mouth
      and with clubs you want to injure me
      and holes in my body open
      Thrust the clubs into my holes
  2. handstaff, helve (flail's handle)
    Synonym: mango
Derived terms edit

Etymology 3 edit

Ultimately from Mocha, Yemen, a port on the Red Sea, from Arabic اَلْمُخَا (al-muḵā), due to its being a major marketplace for coffee during Ottoman rule.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

moca m (plural mocas)

  1. mocha

References edit

Italian edit

Etymology edit

From Mocha, Yemen, a port on the Red Sea, from Arabic اَلْمُخَا (al-muḵā), due to its being a major marketplace for coffee during Ottoman rule.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɔ.ka/
  • Rhymes: -ɔka
  • Hyphenation: mò‧ca

Noun edit

moca m (uncountable)

  1. mocha (Arabian coffee)
  2. a coffee drink made from mocha
  3. (by extension) coffee
    Synonym: caffè

Noun edit

moca f (invariable)

  1. Alternative spelling of moka (“coffee maker”)

Further reading edit

  • moca in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams edit

Pali edit

Alternative forms edit

Alternative forms

Noun edit

moca m

  1. plantain tree

Declension edit

Declension table of "moca" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)mocomocā
Accusative (second)mocaṃmoce
Instrumental (third)mocenamocehi or mocebhi
Dative (fourth)mocassa or mocāya or mocatthaṃmocānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)mocasmā or mocamhā or mocāmocehi or mocebhi
Genitive (sixth)mocassamocānaṃ
Locative (seventh)mocasmiṃ or mocamhi or mocemocesu
Vocative (calling)mocamocā

Further reading edit

  • Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “moca”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

Portuguese edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Mocha, Yemen, a port on the Red Sea, from Arabic اَلْمُخَا (al-muḵā), a major marketplace for coffee during Ottoman rule.

Noun edit

moca m (plural mocas)

  1. mocha (a type of strong Arabian coffee)
  2. mocha (a coffee drink with chocolate)

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

moca f (plural mocas)

  1. club (heavy stick used as a weapon)
    Synonym: porrete
  2. (Brazil) mockery; ridicule; derision
    Synonyms: sarro, zoação, zombaria, escárnio
  3. (Portugal, colloquial) trip (drug-induced intoxicated state)

Etymology 3 edit

Verb edit

moca

  1. inflection of mocar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish edit

Verb edit

moca

  1. inflection of mocar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative
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