oca

Borrowed from Spanish oca, from Quechua uqa.

oca (countable and uncountable, plural ocas)

1. Any of species Oxalis tuberosa (syn. Oxalis crenata), which bear edible tubers.

• Oca on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Oxalis tuberosa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Oxalis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

• AOC, CAO, COA, Cao, CoA, OAC, coa

Inherited from Old Catalan oca, from Late Latin auca, syncopated from *avica, from classical Latin avis (“bird”). Compare Occitan auca, French oie, Spanish oca.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈɔ.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈɔ.ka]

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oca f (plural oques)

1. goose

• “oca” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “oca”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “oca” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “oca” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Borrowed from Persian [Term?].

oca

1. teacher

   Synonyms: muallim, müderris

• “oca”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.ka/
• Rhymes: -ɔka
• Hyphenation: ò‧ca

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oca f (plural oche)

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

• ocarina
• ocaggine
• ochetta
• pelle d'oca
• volpoca

• papero

• cao

• IPA^(key): /ˈoɡə/

oca

1. third-person singular masculine dative of oc

From Old Tupi oka (“house”).

oca f (plural ocas)

1. a Native American hut, especially one made from plant material such as bamboo, tree trunks, straw and palm leaves

From oco (“hollow”).

• Hyphenation: o‧ca

oca f (plural ocas)

1. cavity (excavated hollow)

   Synonyms: cavidade, buraco

oca

1. feminine singular of oco

• ôca (obsolete)

From ocra.

oca f (plural ocas)

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

From Spanish oca, from Quechua uqa.

oca f (plural ocas)

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

From Ottoman Turkish اوقه.

oca f (plural ocas)

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

• oka

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish اوقه (okka).

• IPA^(key): /oˈka/

oca f (plural ocale)

1. weight of about three pounds
2. liquid measure of about three pints

• auca (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan)
• ocha (Puter, Vallader)

Inherited from Late Latin auca, syncope of *avica, from Classical Latin avis (“bird”).

oca f (plural ocas)

1. (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) goose

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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈoka/

oca f (plural ocas)

1. goose

oca

1. genitive/accusative singular of otac

• IPA^(key): [ˈɔt͡sa]

oca

1. genitive/accusative singular of oco

• IPA^(key): /ˈoka/ [ˈo.ka]
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• Rhymes: -oka
• Syllabification: o‧ca

Inherited from Late Latin auca (“goose”), syncope of *avica, from Latin avis (“bird”).

Las ocas en un campo embarrado.

oca f (plural ocas)

1. (chiefly Spain) goose, especially of the domestic European variety and with a white or grey plumage

   Synonyms: ánsar, ganso

Borrowed from Quechua uqa.

oca f (plural ocas)

1. Oxalis tuberosa, an edible tuber

• “oca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014