oca

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oca (countable and uncountable, plural ocas)

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

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

• AOC, CAO, COA, Cao, CoA

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

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.kə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.ka/

oca f (plural oques)

1. goose

oca

1. teacher

• muallim
• müderris

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.

• IPA^(key): [ˈɔka]

oca f (plural oche)

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

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

• papero

oca f (plural ocas)

1. A cabin or hut made by indians.

oca

1. Feminine singular of adjective oco.

Borrowed from Turkish okka.

oca f (plural ocale)

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

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

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

oca f (plural ocas)

1. (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) goose

oca

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈoka/

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

Las ocas en un campo embarrado.

oca f (plural ocas)

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

• (goose): ánsar, ganso

• juego de la oca

Borrowed from Quechua uqa.

oca f (plural ocas)

1. Oxalis tuberosa, an edible tuber.