English edit

 
Cuniculus paca

Etymology edit

Via Spanish paca and Portuguese paca, from Guaraní paka.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈpækə/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ækə

Noun edit

paca (plural pacas)

  1. Any of the large rodents of the genus Cuniculus (but see also its synonyms), native to Central America and South America, which have dark brown or black fur, a white or yellowish underbelly and rows of white spots along the sides.

Synonyms edit

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Translations edit

See also edit

Anagrams edit

Classical Nahuatl edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

pāca

  1. (transitive) to wash

References edit

  • Andrews, J. Richard (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, revised edition edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, page 244
  • Campbell, R. Joe (1997), “Florentine Codex Vocabulary”, in (please provide the title of the work)[1], archived from the original on 2011-02-20
  • Karttunen, Francis (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 182
  • Lockhart, James (2001) Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, Stanford: Stanford University Press, page 228

Cypriot Arabic edit

Etymology 1 edit

Root
p-y-c
4 terms

From Arabic بَاعَ (bāʕa).

Verb edit

paca I (present pipece) (transitive)

  1. to sell

Etymology 2 edit

Root
p-c-t
3 terms

From Arabic بَعْدُ (baʕdu).

Adverb edit

paca

  1. still, not yet

References edit

  • Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 161
  • Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 171

Esperanto edit

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

paca (accusative singular pacan, plural pacaj, accusative plural pacajn)

  1. peaceful, not at war or disturbed by strife or turmoil
  2. peaceful, motionless and calm

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Hungarian edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

paca (plural pacák)

  1. (informal) inkspot

Declension edit

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative paca pacák
accusative pacát pacákat
dative pacának pacáknak
instrumental pacával pacákkal
causal-final pacáért pacákért
translative pacává pacákká
terminative pacáig pacákig
essive-formal pacaként pacákként
essive-modal
inessive pacában pacákban
superessive pacán pacákon
adessive pacánál pacáknál
illative pacába pacákba
sublative pacára pacákra
allative pacához pacákhoz
elative pacából pacákból
delative pacáról pacákról
ablative pacától pacáktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
pacáé pacáké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
pacáéi pacákéi
Possessive forms of paca
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. pacám pacáim
2nd person sing. pacád pacáid
3rd person sing. pacája pacái
1st person plural pacánk pacáink
2nd person plural pacátok pacáitok
3rd person plural pacájuk pacáik

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Further reading edit

  • paca in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Irish edit

Alternative forms edit

  • puca (Cois Fharraige)

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Middle English pakke

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

paca m (genitive singular paca, nominative plural pacaí)

  1. pack (bundle to be carried)

Declension edit

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
paca phaca bpaca
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Italian edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈpa.ka/
  • Rhymes: -aka
  • Hyphenation: pà‧ca

Etymology 1 edit

Via Spanish paca, from Guaraní paka.

Noun edit

paca m (invariable)

  1. (zoology) paca

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

paca

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

Anagrams edit

Latin edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

pācā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of pācō

Pali edit

Alternative forms edit

Verb edit

paca

  1. inflection of pacati (to cook):
    1. second-person singular imperative active
    2. first/third-person singular imperfect active

Polish edit

 
paca

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Deverbal from pacać.

Noun edit

paca f

  1. (construction) trowel, smoother, skimmer (tool for applying a smooth layer of mortar, plaster, etc.)
Declension edit

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun edit

paca m animal

  1. genitive/accusative singular of pac

Etymology 3 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

paca

  1. third-person singular present of pacać

Further reading edit

  • paca in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • paca in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese edit

Pronunciation edit

  • Rhymes: -akɐ
  • Hyphenation: pa‧ca

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Old Tupi paka.

Noun edit

paca f (plural pacas)

  1. (Brazil) paca (rodent of the genus Cuniculus)
    1. (Brazil, by extension, cooking) dish made of its meat
  2. (Brazil) mole cricket
    Synonyms: grilo-toupeira, (Brazil) paquinha, (Portugal) ralo

paca m (plural pacas)

  1. (Brazil, derogatory) homosexual man
  2. (Brazil, colloquial) naive (one that lacks worldly experience); a fool

Adjective edit

paca m or f (plural pacas)

  1. (colloquial) naive

Descendants edit

  • English: paca
  • Galician: paca

Related terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Alternative form of pacas.

Adverb edit

paca (not comparable)

  1. (Brazil, familiar) a lot; super

Etymology 3 edit

Borrowed from Kabuverdianu paka.

Noun edit

paca f (plural pacas)

  1. (Cape Verde) mallet

Etymology 4 edit

From Middle French pacque, Old French pakke, from Dutch pak.

Noun edit

paca f (plural pacas)

  1. (dated) package
    Synonyms: pacote, embrulho
  2. (dated) a kind of tree fom Portuguese India

Etymology 5 edit

Unknown

Noun edit

paca f (plural pacas)

  1. (colloquial, Angola) money

Further reading edit

Spanish edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈpaka/ [ˈpa.ka]
  • Rhymes: -aka
  • Syllabification: pa‧ca

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Old French pacque, from Middle Dutch pak, from Old Dutch *pakko, from Frankish *pakkō, from Proto-Germanic *pakkô.

Noun edit

paca f (plural pacas)

  1. bale (bundle)
    Synonyms: fardo, lío

Etymology 2 edit

Unknown; see paco

Noun edit

paca f (plural pacas)

  1. female equivalent of paco (police officer)

Etymology 3 edit

Borrowed from Guaraní paka.

Noun edit

paca f (plural pacas)

  1. (chiefly Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay) paca (rodent of the genus Cuniculus)
    Synonyms: (Colombian Amazonia) boruga, (Panama) conejo pintado, (Colombia) guagua, (Ecuador) guanta, (Northwestern Colombia) guartinaja, (Bolivia) jochi pintado, (Venezuela, Colombian Llanos) lapa, (Peru) majaz, tepezcuintle, (Mexico, Central America) tepezcuinte, (Northeastern Colombia) tinajo

Etymology 4 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective edit

paca f

  1. feminine singular of paco

Further reading edit