cocho
Classical Nahuatl
Etymology
Apocopic form of synonymous cochotl.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkot͡ʃo/
Noun
cocho (animate, plural cochomeh)
- A species of parrot; Amazona albifrons.
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 188r:
- Papagayo aue conocida. cocho.toznene.
- A parrot, a known bird. cocho.toznene.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 23r. col. 2:
- Cocho. papagayo. / Cochome. papagayos.
- Cocho. a parrot. / Cochome. parrots.
Synonyms
See also
- toznene
References
- Amazona albifrons on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Alonso de Molina (2008) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana (1571), Editorial Porrúa, page 23
Galician
Etymology
Probably onomatopoeic: compare French cochon (“pig”) or Macedonian кочина (kočina, “pigsty”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkot͡ʃo̝/
Derived terms
References
- “cochon” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “cocho” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “cocho” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “cocho” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “cocho” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “cochino”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈko.ʃu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈko.ʃo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈko.ʃu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈko.t͡ʃu/
References
- “cocho” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkot͡ʃo/ [ˈko.t͡ʃo]
- Rhymes: -otʃo
- Syllabification: co‧cho
Etymology 1
From imitative coch, used to call pigs.
Etymology 2
Inherited from Old Spanish cocho, from Latin coctus.
Participle
cocho (feminine cocha, masculine plural cochos, feminine plural cochas)
- (archaic) past participle of cocer
Further reading
- “cocho”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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