roca

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See also: Roca and roça

Catalan

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

roca f (plural roques)

  1. rock

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

Galician

Woman holding a roca ("distaff") and a fuso ("spindle")

Etymology 1

Perhaps from Gothic *rukka, *𐍂𐌿𐌺𐌺𐌰 (*rukka); or, giben its open stressed vowel, rather from a West Germanic cognate of it (compare Old High German rocko),[1] from Proto-Germanic *rukkô. Cognate with Portuguese roca and Spanish rueca.

Pronunciation

Noun

roca f (plural rocas)

  1. spinning distaff (part of a spinning wheel from which fibre is drawn to be spun)
    En cada terra seu uso, en cada roca seu fuso.
    In every country its customs, for every distaff its spindle.
    (proverb)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese roca (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria) from Medieval Latin rocca, from Vulgar Latin *rocca, of unknown origin. Doublet of rocha.

Pronunciation

Noun

roca f (plural rocas)

  1. rock
    Synonyms: pena, penedo, rocha

References

  1. ^ Template:R:DCECH

Irish

Verb

roca

  1. present subjunctive analytic of roc

Italian

Adjective

roca

  1. feminine singular of roco

Anagrams

Portuguese

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *rukkô, although the intermediate language is uncertain. Possibly Gothic rukka, 𐍂𐌿𐌺𐌺𐌰 (rukka), however, the vowel quality in Iberian Romance (/ɔ/ in Portuguese, /we/ in Spanish) points to a possible West Germanic loanword [1], or to the influence of Latin rota (“wheel”)[2]. Cognate to Galician roca, Spanish rueca, Italian rocca, Old High German rocko (German Rocken).[3]

Noun

roca f (plural rocas)

  1. (spinning) distaff (part of a spinning wheel from which fibre is drawn to be spun)
Alternative forms

Etymology 2

From Old Galician-Portuguese roca, from Old Catalan roca, from Vulgar Latin *rocca.

Noun

roca f (plural rocas)

  1. seacliff (cliff by the sea)
  2. a stony cliff
    Synonyms: rochedo, penhasco
  3. (archaic) a large rock; a boulder
    Synonyms: rocha, penedo

Etymology 3

Verb

roca

  1. Template:pt-verb-form-of

References

  1. ^ Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “roca”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German)
  2. ^ Template:R:Nascentes
  3. ^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 110

Spanish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Medieval Latin rocca, from Vulgar Latin *rocca, of uncertain origin, probably (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "cel" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. and most likely pre-Roman (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "qfa-sub" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E..

Cognate with Italian rocca, English rock, French roche, and Breton r'och.

Noun

roca f (plural rocas)

  1. rock
Synonyms

Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

roca

  1. feminine singular of roco

Further reading

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