paca

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English

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Cuniculus paca

Etymology

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Via Spanish paca and Portuguese paca, from Guaraní paka.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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paca (plural pacas)

  1. Any of the large rodents of the genus Cuniculus (but see also its synonyms), native to Central America and South America, which have dark brown or black fur, a white or yellowish underbelly and rows of white spots along the sides.

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Translations

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Anagrams

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Classical Nahuatl

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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pāca

  1. (transitive) to wash

References

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  • Andrews, J. Richard (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, revised edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, page 244
  • Campbell, R. Joe (1997) “Florentine Codex Vocabulary”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[1], archived from the original on 20 February 2011
  • Karttunen, Francis (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 182
  • Lockhart, James (2001) Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, Stanford: Stanford University Press, page 228

Cypriot Arabic

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Etymology 1

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Root
p-y-c
4 terms

From Arabic بَاعَ (bāʕa).

Verb

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paca I (present pipece) (transitive)

  1. to sell

Etymology 2

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Root
p-c-t
3 terms

From Arabic بَعْدُ (baʕdu).

Adverb

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paca

  1. still, not yet

References

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  • Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 161
  • Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 171

Esperanto

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Adjective

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paca (accusative singular pacan, plural pacaj, accusative plural pacajn)

  1. peaceful, not at war or disturbed by strife or turmoil
  2. peaceful, motionless and calm

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Hungarian

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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paca (plural pacák)

  1. (informal) inkspot

Declension

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Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative paca pacák
accusative pacát pacákat
dative pacának pacáknak
instrumental pacával pacákkal
causal-final pacáért pacákért
translative pacává pacákká
terminative pacáig pacákig
essive-formal pacaként pacákként
essive-modal
inessive pacában pacákban
superessive pacán pacákon
adessive pacánál pacáknál
illative pacába pacákba
sublative pacára pacákra
allative pacához pacákhoz
elative pacából pacákból
delative pacáról pacákról
ablative pacától pacáktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
pacáé pacáké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
pacáéi pacákéi
Possessive forms of paca
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. pacám pacáim
2nd person sing. pacád pacáid
3rd person sing. pacája pacái
1st person plural pacánk pacáink
2nd person plural pacátok pacáitok
3rd person plural pacájuk pacáik

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • paca in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Irish

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Alternative forms

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  • puca (Cois Fharraige)

Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle English pakke

Pronunciation

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Noun

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paca m (genitive singular paca, nominative plural pacaí)

  1. pack (bundle to be carried)

Declension

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
paca phaca bpaca
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpa.ka/
  • Rhymes: -aka
  • Hyphenation: pà‧ca

Etymology 1

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Via Spanish paca, from Guaraní paka.

Noun

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paca m (invariable)

  1. (zoology) paca

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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paca

  1. inflection of pacare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

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Latin

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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pācā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of pācō

Pali

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Alternative forms

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Verb

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paca

  1. inflection of pacati (to cook):
    1. second-person singular imperative active
    2. first/third-person singular imperfect active

Polish

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paca

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Deverbal from pacać.

Noun

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paca f

  1. (construction) trowel, smoother, skimmer (tool for applying a smooth layer of mortar, plaster, etc.)
Declension
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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paca m animal

  1. genitive/accusative singular of pac

Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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paca

  1. third-person singular present of pacać

Further reading

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  • paca in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • paca in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -akɐ
  • Hyphenation: pa‧ca

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Old Tupi paka.

Noun

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paca f (plural pacas)

  1. (Brazil) paca (rodent of the genus Cuniculus)
    1. (Brazil, by extension, cooking) dish made of its meat
  2. (Brazil) mole cricket
    Synonyms: grilo-toupeira, (Brazil) paquinha, (Portugal) ralo

paca m (plural pacas)

  1. (Brazil, derogatory) homosexual man
  2. (Brazil, colloquial) naive (one that lacks worldly experience); a fool

Adjective

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paca m or f (plural pacas)

  1. (colloquial) naive

Descendants

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  • English: paca
  • Galician: paca
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Etymology 2

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Alternative form of pacas.

Adverb

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paca (not comparable)

  1. (Brazil, familiar) a lot; super

Etymology 3

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Borrowed from Kabuverdianu paka.

Noun

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paca f (plural pacas)

  1. (Cape Verde) mallet

Etymology 4

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From Middle French pacque, Old French pakke, from Dutch pak.

Noun

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paca f (plural pacas)

  1. (dated) package
    Synonyms: pacote, embrulho
  2. (dated) a kind of tree fom Portuguese India

Etymology 5

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Unknown

Noun

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paca f (plural pacas)

  1. (colloquial, Angola) money

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Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpaka/ [ˈpa.ka]
  • Rhymes: -aka
  • Syllabification: pa‧ca

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Old French pacque, from Middle Dutch pak, from Old Dutch *pakko, from Frankish *pakkō, from Proto-Germanic *pakkô.

Noun

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paca f (plural pacas)

  1. bale (bundle)
    Synonyms: fardo, lío

Etymology 2

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Unknown; see paco

Noun

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paca f (plural pacas)

  1. female equivalent of paco (police officer)

Etymology 3

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Borrowed from Guaraní paka.

Noun

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paca f (plural pacas)

  1. (chiefly Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay) paca (rodent of the genus Cuniculus)
    Synonyms: (Colombian Amazonia) boruga, (Panama) conejo pintado, (Colombia) guagua, (Ecuador) guanta, (Northwestern Colombia) guartinaja, (Bolivia) jochi pintado, (Venezuela, Colombian Llanos) lapa, (Peru) majaz, tepezcuintle, (Mexico, Central America) tepezcuinte, (Northeastern Colombia) tinajo

Etymology 4

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

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paca f

  1. feminine singular of paco

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