oca

See also: -oća and оса

English

Oca (Oxalis tuberosa), peruvian

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish oca, from Quechua uqa.

Noun

oca (countable and uncountable, plural ocas)

1. Any of species Oxalis tuberosa (syn. Oxalis crenata), which bear edible tubers.

Translations

Oxalis tuberosa

• Finnish: oka (fi)
• Portuguese: oca (pt) f

Further reading

• Oca on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Oxalis tuberosa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Oxalis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• AOC, CAO, COA, Cao, CoA, OAC, coa

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan oca, from Late Latin auca, syncopated from *avica, from classical Latin avis (“bird”). Compare Occitan auca, French oie, Spanish oca.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.kə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.ka/

• Audio (Valencian)

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Noun

oca f (plural oques)

1. goose

Derived terms

• oca canadenca
• oca cigne
• oca comuna
• oca d'Egipte
• oca de collar
• oca de galta blanca
• oca pradenca
• oquer
• pas de l'oca

 

References

• “oca” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “oca”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “oca” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “oca” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Crimean Tatar

Noun

oca

1. teacher

Synonyms

• muallim
• müderris

Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin auca, syncope of *avica, from Classical Latin avis (“bird”). Compare Catalan, Spanish, Venetian, and Sicilian oca, French oie, Occitan auca, Romansch auca, ocha, Friulian ocje, Dalmatian jauca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.ka/
• Rhymes: -ɔka
• Hyphenation: ò‧ca

Noun

oca f (plural oche)

1. goose; gander (male)
2. (figuratively) goose, silly goose, airhead (female)

Related terms

• ocarina
• ocaggine
• ochetta
• pelle d'oca
• volpoca

See also

• papero

Anagrams

• cao

Middle Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoɡə/

Pronoun

oca

1. third-person singular masculine dative of oc

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Old Tupi oka (“house”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.kɐ/

Noun

oca f (plural ocas)

1. a Native American hut, especially one made from plant material such as bamboo, tree trunks, straw and palm leaves

Etymology 2

From oco (“hollow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈo.kɐ/

• Hyphenation: o‧ca

Noun

oca f (plural ocas)

1. cavity (excavated hollow)

   Synonyms: cavidade, buraco

Adjective

oca

1. feminine singular of oco

Alternative forms

• ôca (obsolete)

Etymology 3

From ocra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.kɐ/

Noun

oca f (plural ocas)

1. (dated, colloquial) Alternative form of ocra (“ochre clay”)

Etymology 4

From Spanish oca, from Quechua uqa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.kɐ/

Noun

oca f (plural ocas)

1. oca (Oxalis tuberosa, a plant grown for its edible tuber)

Etymology 5

From Ottoman Turkish اوقه‎.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.kɐ/

Noun

oca f (plural ocas)

1. (historical, rare) oka (Ottoman unit of weight)

Alternative forms

• oka

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish اوقه‎ (okka).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oˈka/

Noun

oca f (plural ocale)

1. weight of about three pounds
2. liquid measure of about three pints

Declension

Declension of oca

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) oca	ocaua	(niște) ocale	ocalele
genitive/dative	(unui) oca	ocauaui	(unor) ocale	ocalelor
vocative	ocauae		ocalelor

Romansch

Alternative forms

• auca (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan)
• ocha (Puter, Vallader)

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin auca, syncope of *avica, from Classical Latin avis (“bird”).

Noun

oca f (plural ocas)

1. (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) goose

Sardinian

Etymology

From Late Latin auca, syncope of *avica, from classical Latin avis (“bird”). Compare Catalan, Spanish, Venetian, and Sicilian oca, French oie, Occitan auca, Romansh auca, ocha, Friulian ocje, Dalmatian jauca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoka/

Noun

oca f (plural ocas)

1. goose

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

oca

1. genitive/accusative singular of otac

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈot͡sa]

Noun

oca

1. genitive/accusative singular of oco

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoka/ [ˈo.ka]

• Audio (Spain)

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• Rhymes: -oka
• Syllabification: o‧ca

Etymology 1

Inherited from Late Latin auca (“goose”), syncope of *avica, from Latin avis (“bird”).

Las ocas en un campo embarrado.

Noun

oca f (plural ocas)

1. (chiefly Spain) goose, especially of the domestic European variety and with a white or grey plumage

   Synonyms: ánsar, ganso

Derived terms

• juego de la oca
• oca común
• paso de la oca

 

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Quechua uqa.

Noun

oca f (plural ocas)

1. Oxalis tuberosa, an edible tuber

Further reading

• “oca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014