ouca

See also: ouça and OUCA

Galician

oucas ("water crowtoof")

Alternative forms

• ouga

Etymology

Unknown. Pobably from a substrate language, from *alka, and cognate with Basque auka; less likely from Suevic [Term?].

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈowkɐ]

Noun

ouca f (plural oucas)

1. alga; seaweed

   Synonyms: alga, olga, verdello

2. water crowfoot (Ranunculus aquatilis)

   Synonym: verdello

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “ouca”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “ouca”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “ouca”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Leonese

Etymology

From Old Leonese [Term?], from Vulgar Latin auca (“goose”), from contraction of *avica (“(familiar) bird”), from Latin avis (“bird”).

Noun

ouca f (plural oucas)

1. goose

References

• AEDLL
• Pallabreiru Llïonés