auca

See also: Auca

English

Noun

auca (plural aucas)

  1. 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)

  1. goose
    Synonym: ānser

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:
    • Italian: oca
      • Sardinian: oca
    • Sicilian: oca
  • North Italian:
  • Gallo-Romance:
  • Ibero-Romance:

References

  • Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “auca”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 69
  1. ^ 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)

  1. goose

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)

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) goose

Spanish

Noun

auca f (plural aucas)

  1. auca
  2. pond water-crowfoot

Further reading