oco

See also: OCO, ocó, and -oco

Chayuco Mixtec

Etymology

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Numeral

oco

1. twenty

Derived terms

• oco sahun
• oco usi

Related terms

• xico

References

• Pensinger, Brenda J. (1974) Diccionario mixteco-español, español-mixteco (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 18)‎^[1] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: El Instituto Lingüístico de Verano en coordinación con la Secretaría de Educación Pública a través de la Dirección General de Educación Extraescolar en el Medio Indígena, page 149

Galician

Etymology

From an Old Galician-Portuguese verb, from the Latin verb occō, occāre (“to harrow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɔkʊ]

Adjective

oco (feminine oca, masculine plural ocos, feminine plural ocas)

1. hollow

   Synonyms: foco, foncho

Noun

oco m (plural ocos)

1. hollow

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “oco”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “oco”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “oco”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “oco”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Italian

Etymology

Feminine form of oca.

Noun

oco m (plural ochi)

1. gander
2. (vulgar) a penis

Portuguese

Etymology

From an Old Galician-Portuguese verb, from the Latin verb occō, occāre (“to harrow”) (whence also Spanish hueco). Cognate to German Egge.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈo.ku/

• Rhymes: -oku
• Hyphenation: o‧co

Adjective

oco (feminine oca, masculine plural ocos, feminine plural ocas)

1. hollow

Noun

oco m (plural ocos)

1. hole, cavity

   Synonyms: vão, cavidade

   • 1977, Clarice Lispector, A hora da estrela [The Hour of the Star]:

     Quando rezava conseguia um oco de alma — e esse oco é o tudo que posso eu jamais ter.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• santo do pau oco

Descendants

• Kabuverdianu: oku

Further reading

• “oco”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “oco”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɔt͡sɔ]

Noun

oco m pers (diminutive ocko)

1. diminutive of otec: dad, daddy

Declension

Declension of oco
(pattern chlap)

	singular	plural
nominative	oco	ocovia
genitive	oca	ocov
dative	ocovi	ocom
accusative	oca	ocov
locative	ocovi	ococh
instrumental	ocom	ocami

Further reading

• “oco”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Venetan

Etymology

Compare Italian oca.

Noun

oco m (plural ochi)

1. goose