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English

Cuniculus paca

Etymology

Via Spanish paca and Portuguese paca, from Guaraní paka.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

Derived terms

Translations

See also

Anagrams

Classical Nahuatl

Pronunciation

Verb

pāca

  1. (transitive) to wash

References

  • 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 book title or journal name)‎, archived from the original on 20 February 2011
  • 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

Etymology 1

Root
p-y-c
4 terms

From Arabic بَاعَ (bāʕa).

Verb

paca I (present pipece) (transitive)

  1. to sell

Etymology 2

Root
p-c-t
3 terms

From Arabic بَعْدُ (baʕdu).

Adverb

paca

  1. still, not yet

References

  • 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

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

Derived terms

Hungarian

Pronunciation

Noun

paca (plural pacák)

  1. (informal) inkspot

Declension

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

Synonyms

Derived terms

Further reading

  • 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

Alternative forms

  • puca (Cois Fharraige)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle English pakke

Pronunciation

Noun

paca m (genitive singular paca, nominative plural pacaí)

  1. pack (bundle to be carried)

Declension

Declension of paca

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative paca pacaí
Vocative a phaca a phacaí
Genitive paca pacaí
Dative paca pacaí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an paca na pacaí
Genitive an phaca na bpacaí
Dative leis an bpaca

don phaca

leis na pacaí

Mutation

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.

Further reading

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Via Spanish paca, from Guaraní paka.

Noun

paca m (invariable)

  1. (zoology) paca

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

paca

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

Anagrams

Latin

Pronunciation

Verb

pācā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of pācō

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

Verb

paca

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

Polish

paca

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Deverbal from pacać.

Noun

paca f

  1. (construction) trowel, smoother, skimmer (tool for applying a smooth layer of mortar, plaster, etc.)
Declension
Declension of paca
singular plural
nominative paca pace
genitive pacy pac
dative pacy pacom
accusative pacę pace
instrumental pacą pacami
locative pacy pacach
vocative paco pace

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

paca m animal

  1. genitive/accusative singular of pac

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

paca

  1. third-person singular present of pacać

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -akɐ
  • Hyphenation: pa‧ca

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old Tupi paka.

Noun

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

paca m or f (plural pacas)

  1. (colloquial) naive

Descendants

  • → English: paca
  • → Galician: paca

Related terms

Etymology 2

Alternative form of pacas.

Adverb

paca (not comparable)

  1. (Brazil, familiar) a lot; super

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Kabuverdianu paka.

Noun

paca f (plural pacas)

  1. (Cape Verde) mallet

Etymology 4

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

Noun

paca f (plural pacas)

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

Etymology 5

Unknown

Noun

paca f (plural pacas)

  1. (colloquial, Angola) money

Further reading

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpaka/
  • Rhymes: -aka
  • Syllabification: pa‧ca

Etymology 1

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

Noun

paca f (plural pacas)

  1. bale (bundle)
    Synonyms: fardo, lío

Etymology 2

Unknown; see paco

Noun

paca f (plural pacas)

  1. female equivalent of paco (“police officer”)

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Guaraní paka.

Noun

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

paca f

  1. feminine singular of paco

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