nuchola

Old Occitan

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin noctula. Attested from the fourteenth century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nyˈtʃola/

Noun

nuchola f (oblique plural nucholas, nominative singular nuchola, nominative plural nucholas)

1. owl

Descendants

• Occitan: nichola, nechola, nuechora

References

• https://dom-en-ligne.de/dom.php?lhid=7AcM6jGLizw4MDoSAsslqI
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “nŏctua”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 7: N–Pas, page 163