moca
Catalan
Etymology 1
From a proposed pre-Roman form *mauka of uncertain origin.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Mokha (“Mocha”), port city in Yemen.
Etymology 3
From moc (“mucus”), based on the fish's consistency.
Etymology 4
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
moca
- inflection of mocar (“to blow (the nose); to mock”):
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Etymology 5
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
moca
- inflection of mocar (“to gut (a fish or carcass)”):
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “moca” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Galician
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɔka̝/
Noun
moca m (plural mocas)
- mockery
- grimace
- c. 1780, anonymous author, Cincuenta décimas contra Cernadas:
- Mordesme en Papeliños,
que leeron moitas Xentes:
mordes me, chantasme os dentes
chantame agora os focinos:
si lendo estes meus termiños
fixères xestos, ou mocas,
ê contra min te desuocas,
ê con Mocas ques ferir me,
e focas no Corpo abrirme,
Chantame as mocas nas focas.- You bite me in little papers
that many people have read
You bite me, thrust you teeth in me
Thrust now your snout
If reading these my terms
You do gestures or grimaces
and against me you run off at the mouth
and with clubs you want to injure me
and holes in my body open
Thrust the clubs into my holes
- You bite me in little papers
- (figurative) drunkenness
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɔka̝/
Noun
moca f (plural mocas)
- club, cudgel
- Synonyms: baloco, cachaporra
- c. 1780, anonymous author, Cincuenta décimas contra Cernadas:
- Mordesme en Papeliños,
que leeron moitas Xentes:
mordes me, chantasme os dentes
chantame agora os focinos:
si lendo estes meus termiños
fixères xestos, ou mocas,
ê contra min te desuocas,
ê con Mocas ques ferir me,
e focas no Corpo abrirme,
Chantame as mocas nas focas.- You bite me in little papers
that many people have read
You bite me, thrust you teeth in me
Thrust now your snout
If reading these my terms
You do gestures or grimaces
and against me you run off at the mouth
and with clubs you want to injure me
and holes in my body open
Thrust the clubs into my holes
- You bite me in little papers
- handstaff, helve (flail's handle)
- Synonym: mango
Etymology 3
Ultimately from Mocha, Yemen, a port on the Red Sea, from Arabic اَلْمُخَا (al-muḵā), due to its being a major marketplace for coffee during Ottoman rule.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɔka̝/
References
- “moca” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “moca” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “moca” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Italian
Etymology
From Mocha, Yemen, a port on the Red Sea, from Arabic اَلْمُخَا (al-muḵā), due to its being a major marketplace for coffee during Ottoman rule.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɔ.ka/
- Rhymes: -ɔka
- Hyphenation: mò‧ca
Noun
moca m (uncountable)
Further reading
- moca in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Pali
Alternative forms
- 𑀫𑁄𑀘 (Brahmi script)
- मोच (Devanagari script)
- মোচ (Bengali script)
- මොච (Sinhalese script)
- မောစ or မေႃၸ (Burmese script)
- โมจ or โมจะ (Thai script)
- ᨾᩮᩣᨧ (Tai Tham script)
- ໂມຈ or ໂມຈະ (Lao script)
- មោច (Khmer script)
- 𑄟𑄮𑄌 (Chakma script)
Declension
Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative (first) | moco | mocā |
Accusative (second) | mocaṃ | moce |
Instrumental (third) | mocena | mocehi or mocebhi |
Dative (fourth) | mocassa or mocāya or mocatthaṃ | mocānaṃ |
Ablative (fifth) | mocasmā or mocamhā or mocā | mocehi or mocebhi |
Genitive (sixth) | mocassa | mocānaṃ |
Locative (seventh) | mocasmiṃ or mocamhi or moce | mocesu |
Vocative (calling) | moca | mocā |
Further reading
- Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “moca”, in Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɔ.kɐ/
Etymology 1
From Mocha, Yemen, a port on the Red Sea, from Arabic اَلْمُخَا (al-muḵā), a major marketplace for coffee during Ottoman rule.
Noun
moca m (plural mocas)
Noun
moca f (plural mocas)
Verb
moca
- inflection of mocar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Spanish
Verb
moca
- inflection of mocar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative