oca

See also: Appendix:Variations of "oca"

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Ocaina.

Symbol

oca

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Ocaina.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Ocaina terms

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish oca, from Quechua uqa.

Noun

oca (countable and uncountable, plural ocas)

1. Any of species Oxalis tuberosa (syn. Oxalis crenata), which bear edible tubers.

Translations

Oxalis tuberosa

Czech: oka f Finnish: oka (fi) Polish: szczawik bulwiasty m Portuguese: oca (pt) f Spanish: oca (es) f

Further reading

• Oca on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Oxalis tuberosa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Oxalis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• AOC, CAO, COA, Cao, CoA, OAC, coa

Asturian

Alternative forms

• ouca (Western Asturias)

Noun

oca m or f (plural oques)

1. algae

   Synonym: ocla

Bemba

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-jòka (“to roast, to burn”).

Verb

-oca

1. to bake
2. to burn

References

• Reverend E. Hoch (1998), Bemba - English/English - Bemba‎, Hippocrene Books, page 77

Catalan

Catalan Wikipedia has an article on:

oca

Wikipedia ^ca

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan oca, from Late Latin auca, syncopated from *avica, from classical Latin avis (“bird”). Compare Occitan auca, French oie, Spanish oca.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Valencia):

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Noun

oca f (plural oques)

1. goose

Derived terms

• oca canadenca
• oca cigne
• oca comuna
• oca d'Egipte
• oca de collar
• oca de galta blanca
• oca pradenca
• oquer
• pas de l'oca

References

• “oca”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “oca”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “oca” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “oca” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian [Term?].

Noun

oca

1. teacher

   Synonyms: muallim, müderris

Declension

Declension of oca

	singular	plural
nominative	oca	ocalar
genitive	ocanıñ	ocalarnıñ
dative	ocağa	ocalarğa
accusative	ocanı	ocalarnı
locative	ocada	ocalarda
ablative	ocadan	ocalardan

References

• “oca”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

Italian

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:

oca

Wikipedia ^it

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin auca, syncope of *avica, from Classical Latin avis (“bird”). Compare Catalan, Spanish, Venetan, and Sicilian oca, French oie, Occitan auca, Romansch auca, ocha, Friulian ocje, Dalmatian jauca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.ka/
• Rhymes: -ɔka
• Hyphenation: ò‧ca

• Audio:

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Noun

oca f (plural oche, diminutive ochina or ochétta, augmentative ocóna, pejorative ocàccia)

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

Related terms

• ocarina
• ocaggine
• pelle d'oca
• volpoca

See also

• papero

Further reading

• oca in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• oca in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• cao

Middle Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoɡə/

Pronoun

oca

1. third-person singular masculine dative of oc

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Old Tupi oka (“house”). Compare Paraguayan Guarani óga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.kɐ/

Noun

oca f (plural ocas)

1. a Native American hut, especially one made from plant material such as bamboo, tree trunks, straw and palm leaves

Etymology 2

From oco (“hollow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈo.kɐ/

• Hyphenation: o‧ca

Noun

oca f (plural ocas)

1. cavity (excavated hollow)

   Synonyms: cavidade, buraco

Adjective

oca

1. feminine singular of oco

Alternative forms

• ôca (obsolete)

Etymology 3

From ocra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.kɐ/

Noun

oca f (plural ocas)

1. (dated, colloquial) alternative form of ocra (“ochre clay”)

Etymology 4

From Spanish oca, from Quechua uqa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.kɐ/

Noun

oca f (plural ocas)

1. oca (Oxalis tuberosa, a plant grown for its edible tuber)

Etymology 5

From Ottoman Turkish اوقه.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.kɐ/

Noun

oca f (plural ocas)

1. (historical, rare) oka (Ottoman unit of weight)

Alternative forms

• oka

Further reading

• “oca”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “oca”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish اوقه (okka).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oˈka/

Noun

oca f (plural ocale)

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

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	oca	ocaua		ocale	ocalele
genitive-dative	oca	ocauaui		ocale	ocalelor
vocative	ocauae			ocalelor

Romansch

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin auca, syncope of *avica, from Classical Latin avis (“bird”).

Noun

oca f (plural ocas)

1. (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) goose

Sardinian

Etymology

From Late Latin auca, syncope of *avica, from classical Latin avis (“bird”). Compare Catalan, Spanish, Venetan, and Sicilian oca, French oie, Occitan auca, Romansch auca, ocha, Friulian ocje, Dalmatian jauca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoka/

Noun

oca f (plural ocas)

1. goose

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

oca (Cyrillic spelling оца)

1. genitive/accusative singular of otac

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɔt͡sa]

Noun

oca

1. genitive/accusative singular of oco

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoka/ [ˈo.ka]

• Audio (Spain):

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• Rhymes: -oka
• Syllabification: o‧ca

Etymology 1

Inherited from Late Latin auca (“goose”), syncope of *avica, from Latin avis (“bird”).

Noun

oca f (plural ocas)

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

   Synonyms: ánsar, ganso

Derived terms

• juego de la oca
• oca común
• oca egipcia
• paso de la oca

Etymology 2

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Oxalis tuberosa

Wikipedia

Borrowed from Quechua uqa.

Noun

oca f (plural ocas)

1. Oxalis tuberosa, an edible tuber

Descendants

• → English: oca

Further reading

• “oca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024