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

Oca (Oxalis tuberosa), peruvian

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoka/ [ˈo.ka]
• Rhymes: -oka
• Syllabification: o‧ca

Noun

oca f (plural oques)

1. Western form of ocla

Further reading

• “oca”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN

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^[1], Hippocrene Books, page 77

Catalan

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): (Northern) [ˈo̞.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [ˈɔ.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [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, 2026
• “oca” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “oca”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Crimean Tatar

Other scripts
Cyrillic	оджа (oca)
Roman

Etymology

From Classical Persian خْوَاجَه (xwāja).

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

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, Romansh 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

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• occa, occo, oco

Etymology 1

Univerbation of oc (“at”) +‎ -a (relative pronoun)

Pronoun

oca·

1. at which, at whom

Etymology 2

Determiner

oca (triggers lenition in the masculine and neuter singular, h-prothesis in the feminine singular, and eclipsis (nasalization) in the plural)

1. contraction of oc (“at”) +‎ a (“his/her/its/their”)

For quotations using this term, see Citations:oca.

Etymology 3

Pronoun

oca

1. alternative form of occo (“at him/it”)

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Tupian *ekʷ

Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ok

Old Tupi okabor.

Portuguese oca

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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.kɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.kɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.ka/

• (Portugal) 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

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈo.kɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈo.kɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈo.ka/

• (Portugal) 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

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.kɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.kɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.ka/

• (Portugal) 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

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.kɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.kɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.ka/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.kɐ/

Noun

oca f (plural ocas)

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

Etymology 5

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish اوقه.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.kɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.kɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.ka/

• (Portugal) 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, 2008–2026
• “oca”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

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

Romansh

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, Romansh 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): /ɔt͡sa/, [ˈɔt͡sa]
• Rhymes: -ɔt͡sa
• Hyphenation: o‧ca

Noun

oca

1. genitive/accusative singular of oco

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoka/ [ˈo.ka]

• Audio (Spain):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -oka
• Syllabification: o‧ca

Etymology 1

Ocas en un campo embarrado ― Geese in a muddy field

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew-der.?

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwis

Proto-Italic *awis

Latin avis

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Indo-European *-ikos

Proto-Italic *-ikos

Latin -ica

Latin *avica

Late Latin auca

Old Spanish oca

Spanish oca

Inherited from Old Spanish oca, 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

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 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Tumbuka

Alternative forms

• -ocha

Etymology

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

Verb

-oca (infinitive koca)

1. (transitive) to burn, to roast

Derived terms

• -oceka (“to be burnt”)

References

• William Y. Turner (1996), Tumbuka/Tonga-English and English - Tumbuka/Tonga Dictionary‎^[2], Central Africana Limited, pages 97, 183