cocho

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

Apocopic form of synonymous cochotl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkot͡ʃo/

Noun

cocho (animate, plural cochomeh)

1. 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

• cochotl

See also

• toznene
• Amazona albifrons on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

References

• Alonso de Molina (2008) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana (1571), Editorial Porrúa, page 23

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Galician

Porco or cocho

Etymology

Probably onomatopoeic: confer French cochon (“pig”) or Macedonian кочина (kočina, “pigsty”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkot͡ʃo̝/

Noun

cocho m (plural cochos, feminine cocha, feminine plural cochas)

1. pigsty, den, cubby

   Synonym: porqueira

2. pig

   Synonym: porco

3. udder

Adjective

1. dirty

References

• Template:R:DDGM
• “cocho” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• Template:R:DDLG
• Template:R:TILG
• “cocho” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Portuguese

Noun

cocho m (plural cochos)

1. trough (container for animal feed)

Synonyms

• manjedoura

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkot͡ʃo/ [ˈko.t͡ʃo]

Noun

cocho m (plural cochos)

1. (Mexico) pig; swine

Etymology 2

From Old Spanish cocho, from Latin coctus.

Verb

1. (archaic) Template:es-verb form of/participle cocer.

Noun

cocho m (plural cochos)

1. (Louisiana Spanish) culture

Related terms

• bizcocho
• cocer