morca

Galician

Etymology

Possibly through Suevic from Proto-Germanic *merkuz (“dark”), from Proto-Indo-European *mergʷ- (“to flicker; to darken; to be dark”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔɾka̝/

Noun

morca f (plural morcas)

1. grime, dirt

   Synonyms: cotra, lorda, morriña, negror

2. fish grease

   Synonym: saín

References

• “morca” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.