ouca

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See also: ouça, and OUCA

Galician

ouca ("water crowfoot")

Alternative forms

ouga

Etymology

Unknown. Pobably from a substrate language, from *alka, and cognate with Basque auka; less likely from Suevic .^[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

ouca f (plural oucas)

alga; seaweed
Synonyms: alga, olga, verdello
water crowfoot (Ranunculus aquatilis)
Synonym: verdello

References

Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “ouca”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (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

^ Cf. Bascuas, Edelmiro (2002). Estudios de hidronimia paleoeuropea gallega. Santiago de Compostela: Universidade, Servicio de Publicacións e Intercambio Científico, pp. 300-304. →ISBN.

Leonese

Etymology

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

Noun

ouca f (plural oucas)

goose

References

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