soca
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soca (usually uncountable, plural socas)
- (music) A genre of music that originated in Trinidad and Tobago in the early 1970s and developed into a range of styles during the 1980s and after which primarily includes influences of African and Indian rhythms.
- 2012, Zadie Smith, NW, London: Penguin Books, published 2013, →ISBN, page 151:
- He even turned up a few times after that—with mix-tapes of soca music, and handwritten notes, and tears.
- 2014, Marlon James, A Brief History of Seven Killings, Oneworld Publications (2015), page 684:
- —Carnival? With soca music?
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soca
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Gaulish *tsukka, from Proto-Germanic *stukkaz (“stock; stump”). Compare French souche.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
soca f (plural soques)
- trunk (of a tree)
- Synonym: tronc
- stump (remains of the base of a tree)
- Synonym: soc
- strain (a particular breed or race of animal, microbe etc.)
Further reading edit
- “soca” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “soca” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Javanese edit
Romanization edit
soca
- Romanization of ꦱꦺꦴꦕ
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Gaulish *soucā, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sew- (“to bend, to cut, to drive”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsoː.ka/, [ˈs̠oːkä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈso.ka/, [ˈsɔːkä]
Noun edit
sōca m (genitive sōcae); first declension
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | sōca | sōcae |
Genitive | sōcae | sōcārum |
Dative | sōcae | sōcīs |
Accusative | sōcam | sōcās |
Ablative | sōcā | sōcīs |
Vocative | sōca | sōcae |
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Occitan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Gaulish *tsukka, from Proto-Germanic *stukkaz (“stock; stump”). Compare French souche.
Pronunciation edit
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soca f (plural socas)
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Old Javanese edit
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Borrowed from Sanskrit शोचि (śoci, “flame, glow”), शुच् (śuc, “to shine, glow”).
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soca
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soca
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soca
- second-person singular imperative active of socati (“to grieve”)
Portuguese edit
Verb edit
soca
- inflection of socar:
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Gaulish *tsukka, from Proto-Germanic *stukkaz (“stock; stump”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
soca f (plural socas)
- Young shoots of rice
Further reading edit
- “soca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Sundanese edit
Romanization edit
soca
- Romanization of ᮞᮧᮎ