ouca
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Galician
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unknown. Pobably from a substrate language, from *alka, and cognate with Basque auka; less likely from Suevic [Term?].[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ouca f (plural oucas)
- alga; seaweed
- water crowfoot (Ranunculus aquatilis)
- Synonym: verdello
References
[edit]- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “ouca”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “ouca”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “ouca”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Leonese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Leonese [Term?], from Vulgar Latin auca (“goose”), from contraction of *avica (“(familiar) bird”), from Latin avis (“bird”).
Noun
[edit]ouca f (plural oucas)
References
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- Galician terms with unknown etymologies
- Galician terms derived from substrate languages
- Galician terms derived from Suevic
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- Galician feminine nouns
- Leonese terms inherited from Old Leonese
- Leonese terms derived from Old Leonese
- Leonese terms inherited from Vulgar Latin
- Leonese terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- Leonese terms inherited from Latin
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- Leonese lemmas
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