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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.

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Catalan

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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

Noun

oca f (plural oques)

  1. goose

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Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian .

Noun

oca

  1. teacher
    Synonyms: muallim, müderris

Declension

Declension of oca
singular plural
nominative oca ocalar
genitive ocanıñ ocalarnıñ
dative ocağa ocalarğa
accusative ocanı ocalarnı
locative ocada ocalarda
ablative ocadan ocalardan

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Italian

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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

Noun

oca f (plural oche)

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

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Middle Irish

Pronunciation

Pronoun

oca

  1. third-person singular masculine dative of oc

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Old Tupi oka (“house”).

Pronunciation

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

  • Hyphenation: o‧ca

Noun

oca f (plural ocas)

  1. cavity (excavated hollow)
    Synonyms: cavidade, buraco

Adjective

oca

  1. feminine singular of oco
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Etymology 3

From ocra.

Pronunciation

Noun

oca f (plural ocas)

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

Etymology 4

From Spanish oca, from Quechua uqa.

Pronunciation

Noun

oca f (plural ocas)

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

Etymology 5

From Ottoman Turkish اوقه.

Pronunciation

Noun

oca f (plural ocas)

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish اوقه (okka).

Pronunciation

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

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

Noun

oca f (plural ocas)

  1. goose

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

oca

  1. genitive/accusative singular of otac

Slovak

Pronunciation

Noun

oca

  1. genitive/accusative singular of oco

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈoka/
  • 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
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Etymology 2

English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Borrowed from Quechua uqa.

Noun

oca f (plural ocas)

  1. Oxalis tuberosa, an edible tuber

Further reading

Wikious
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