# choca
## Central Nahuatl
### Alternative forms

* (Amecameca, Jaltocán, Texcoco and Tlaxcala): choka
* (Canoa): chuca

### Verb

choca
* To cry.

## Classical Nahuatl
### Etymology

From Proto-Nahuan *čooka.

### Verb

chōca
* (intransitive) to cry, weep
* (intransitive) to bleat (of sheep); to roar, growl (of lions, jaguar, bulls); to cry (of birds)

### References

* ↑ p.85, A Nahuatl-English Dictionary and Concordance to the Cantares Mexicanos with an Analytical Transcription and Grammatical Notes, John Bierhorst (Stanford University Press, 1985)
* ↑ ibid.

## Galician
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *klokkos (“bell”): compare Welsh cloch, Irish clog.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈt͡ʃɔkɐ/

#### Noun

choca m (plural chocas)
* cowbell
    Synonyms: chocallo, cinzarra
** 1474, Antonio López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 66:dous fouçiños, e hun legon, e hun sacho, e hun escoupere, e hua eyxola grande, e hua serra de mao, e outra eyxola de peto, e tres fouçes, e duas choquastwo small sickles, a hoe, a mattock, a chisel, a large axe, a handsaw, a hatchet, three large sickles, and two cowbells

##### Derived terms

* choco
* choqueiro

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈt͡ʃokɐ/

#### Adjective

choca
* feminine singular of choco

### Etymology 3
#### Verb

choca
* inflection of chocar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “choca”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “choca”, 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), “choca”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “choca”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “chocallo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

## Northern Puebla Nahuatl
### Etymology

From Proto-Nahuan *čooka.

### Verb

choca
* cry, weep

#### Related terms

* choquistli

### References

* Brockway, Earl, Hershey de Brockway, Trudy, Santos Valdés, Leodegario (2018) Diccionario náhuatl del norte del estado de Puebla (Series de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas "Mariano Silva y Aceves"; 42)‎ (in Spanish), segunda ILV edición (versión electrónica) edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 34

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈʃɔ.kɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈʃɔ.kɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈʃɔ.ka/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈʃɔ.kɐ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈʃɔ.kɐ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈt͡ʃɔ.kɐ/
* Hyphenation: cho‧ca

### Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese choca, from Medieval Latin clocca (“bell”), from Gaulish *clocca, from imitative Proto-Indo-European *klak.
Compare English clock and French cloche (“bell”) and Irish clog (“bell, clock”).

#### Noun

choca f (plural chocas)
* bell, cowbell
    Synonym: chocalho

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Adjective

choca
* feminine singular of choco

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

choca
* inflection of chocar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Spanish
### Adjective

choca f
* feminine singular of choco

### Verb

choca
* inflection of chocar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative