dehoca

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Romanian

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Etymology

Unknown. Possibly from a Vulgar Latin *devocāre, from *devacuāre, from Latin vacuus,[1] or from the form dezvoca, from a root *disvocāre. Compare Aromanian dizvoc, dizvucari, see also Romanian desfăca. Cf. Logudorese Sardinian bogare (to take out, extract), Campidanese debogada, Old French voiier (to empty; take/bring out; clear, rid), Gascon Occitan desboucà (spill, scatter, pour).[2] Alternatively, the word may simply be an expressive creation related to dăbăla, dehula.

Verb

a dehoca (third-person singular present dehocă, past participle dehocat) 1st conj.

  1. (regional, archaic) to sacrifice an animal
    Synonyms: sacrifica, tăia
  2. (regional, archaic) to break or tear to pieces; tear up
    Synonyms: sfâșia, rupe, sparge
  3. (regional, archaic) to drain of energy, exhaust, tire, wear out
    Synonyms: istovi, extenua, obosi, epuiza, vlăgui

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