bucca

English

Noun

bucca (plural buccas)

Wikipedia

1. (UK) A storm spirit in Cornish folklore, formerly believed to inhabit mines and coastal communities.
   • 2008, Oliver Berry, Belinda Dixon, Devon, Cornwall & Southwest England (page 273)

     a fabled menagerie of fairies, buccas, sprites and giants

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Latin

Etymology

Of Celtic origin; compare Gaulish bocca, boca.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈbuk.ka/

• Audio (Classical)

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Noun

bucca (genitive buccae); f, first declension

1. cheek
2. vocative singular of bucca

buccā f

1. ablative singular of bucca

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	bucca	buccae
genitive	buccae	buccārum
dative	buccae	buccīs
accusative	buccam	buccās
ablative	buccā	buccīs
vocative	bucca	buccae

Descendants

Albanian: bukë Aromanian: bucã English: buccal Dalmatian: buca French: bouche Friulian: bocje Galician: boca Italian: bocca

Occitan: boca Old Provençal: bocha Portuguese: boca Romanian: bucă Romansch: bucca Sicilian: bucca Spanish: boca

See also

• os

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Old English

Etymology

Proto-Germanic *bukkô (“male goat”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰugo- (“buck”). Akin to Old High German boc, Old Norse bukkr, Middle Dutch boc, Avestan ... (buza, “buck, goat”), Old Armenian բուծ (buc, “lamb”), Old English buc(c) (“male deer”).

Noun

bucca m

1. he-goat

Declension

    Declension of bucca (weak)

	Singular	Plural
nominative	bucca	buccan
accusative	buccan	buccan
genitive	buccan	buccena
dative	buccan	buccum

Related terms

• Old English buc(c)

Descendants

• English buck

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Sicilian

Alternative forms

• vucca

Etymology

From Latin bucca.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈbukka/
• Hyphenation: bùc‧ca

Noun

bucca f (plural bucchi)

1. mouth