ozca

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Gaulish *osca (notch),[1] from Proto-Celtic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɔzka̝/

Noun

ozca f (plural ozcas)

  1. spiral notch in the spindle
  2. slit, cleft
  3. gorge, pass, defile

References

  1. Grzega, Joachim (2001) Romania Gallica Cisalpina etymologisch-geolinguistische Studien zu den oberitalienisch-rätoromanischen Keltizismen, Tübingen: M. Niemeyer, →ISBN, page 217. – via De Gruyter.
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