auca
See also: Auca
English
Noun
auca (plural aucas)
- A traditional form of art from Catalonia, consisting of a comic-like series of images with text captions, often rhyming couplets.
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From av- (“bird”) + -ica (relational suffix), with regular syncope of /ĭ/. Compare Latin auceps < *awikaps or aucella < avicella.
Attested in Avienius and late glosses.[1]
Noun
auca f (genitive aucae); first declension (Late Latin)
Inflection
First-declension noun.
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | auca | aucae |
genitive | aucae | aucārum |
dative | aucae | aucīs |
accusative | aucam | aucās |
ablative | aucā | aucīs |
vocative | auca | aucae |
Descendants
- Dalmatian:
- Italo-Romance:
- North Italian:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
References
- Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “auca”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 69
- ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “auca”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 25: Refonte Apaideutos–Azymus, page 771
Further reading
- auca in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Occitan
Alternative forms
- aucha (Auvergne, Limousin)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Occitan auca, from Late Latin auca, from Classical Latin avis (“bird”). Compare Catalan oca, French oie, Franco-Provençal oye, Spanish oca, Italian oca, Romansh auca, ocha.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈawko]
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Noun
auca f (plural aucas)
Further reading
- Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 37.
- Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians[1], 2 edition, →ISBN, page 129.
Romansch
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Late Latin auca, from Classical Latin avis (“bird”). Compare Friulian ocje, Italian and Venetan oca, Dalmatian jauca, Occitan auca, Catalan oca, French oie.
Noun
auca f (plural aucas)
Spanish
Noun
auca f (plural aucas)
- auca
- pond water-crowfoot
Further reading
- “auca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024