oca

See also: -oća and оса

English

Oca (), peruvian

Etymology

Peruvian name. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

oca (countable and uncountable, plural ocas)

1. Any of certain species of Oxalis (, and ) which bear edible tubers.

Further reading

• oca on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Oxalis crenata on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Oxalis tuberosa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Oxalis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• AOC, CAO, COA, Cao, CoA

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Catalan

Etymology

From , from Vulgar Latin *auca, contraction of *avica, from classical Latin avis. Compare Spanish oca, Occitan auca, Franco-Provençal ôye, French oie.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

oca f (plural oques)

1. goose

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Crimean Tatar

Noun

oca

1. teacher

Synonyms

• muallim
• müderris

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Italian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *auca, contraction of *avica, from classical Latin avis. Compare Catalan, Venetian, and Sicilian oca, French oie, Occitan auca, Romansh auca, ocha, Friulian ocje, Dalmatian jauca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɔka]

Noun

oca f (plural oche)

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

Related terms

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

See also

• papero

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Portuguese

Noun

oca f (plural ocas)

1. A cabin or hut made by indians.

Adjective

oca

1. (deprecated template usage) Feminine singular of adjective oco.

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkish okka.

Noun

oca f (plural ocale)

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

Declension

Declension of oca

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) oca	ocaua	(niște) ocale	ocalele
genitive/dative	(unui) oca	ocauaui	(unor) ocale	ocalelor
vocative	ocauae		ocalelor

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Romansch

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *auca, contraction of *avica, from Classical Latin avis (“bird”).

Noun

oca f (plural ocas)

1. (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) goose

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Serbo-Croatian

Noun

oca

1. genitive singular of otac
2. accusative singular of otac

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoka/ [ˈo.ka]

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *auca (“goose”), contraction of *avica (“(familiar) bird”), from Latin avis (“bird”).

Las ocas en un campo embarrado.

Noun

oca f (plural ocas)

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

Synonyms

• (goose): ánsar, ganso

Derived terms

• juego de la oca

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Quechua uqa.

Noun

oca f (plural ocas)

1. Oxalis tuberosa, an edible tuber.