croca

Galician

Alternative forms

crouca

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *kroukā (“mound”). Cognate of Old Irish cruach (“pile, heap”).[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkɾɔka̝/

Noun

croca f (plural crocas)

tailhead.
sirloin; a cut of meat from the rump of an animal.
(informal) head.
dry chestnut.

Derived terms

crocar (“to become bent”)
escrocar (“to harm the tailhead of an animal”)

References

“croca” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
“croca” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
“croca” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Grzega, Joachim (2001) Romania Gallica Cisalpina etymologisch-geolinguistische Studien zu den oberitalienisch-rätoromanischen Keltizismen‎, Tübingen: M. Niemeyer, →ISBN, page 148 – via De Gruyter.

Latin

Noun

croca

nominative plural of crocum
accusative plural of crocum
vocative plural of crocum

References

croca in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

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