# oca
## Translingual
### Symbol

oca
* (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Ocaina.

### See also

* Wiktionary's coverage of Ocaina terms

## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish oca, from Quechua uqa.

### Noun

oca (countable and uncountable, plural ocas)
* Any of species Oxalis tuberosa (syn. Oxalis crenata), which bear edible tubers.

#### Translations
### Further reading

* Oca on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Oxalis tuberosa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
* Category:Oxalis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

### Anagrams

* AOC, CAO, COA, Cao, CoA, OAC, coa

## Asturian
### Alternative forms

* ouca (Western Asturias)

### Noun

oca m or f (plural oques)
* algae
    Synonym: ocla

## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan oca, from Late Latin auca, syncopated from *avica, from classical Latin avis (“bird”). Compare Occitan auca, French oie, Spanish oca.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈɔ.kə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈɔ.ka]
* Audio (Valencia):(file)

### Noun

oca f (plural oques)
* goose

#### Derived terms

* oca canadenca
* oca cigne
* oca comuna
* oca d'Egipte
* oca de collar
* oca de galta blanca
* oca pradenca
* oquer
* pas de l'oca

### References

* “oca” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “oca”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “oca” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “oca” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Crimean Tatar
### Etymology

Borrowed from Persian [Term?].

### Noun

oca
* teacher
    Synonyms: muallim, müderris

#### Declension
### References

* “oca”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

## Italian
### Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin auca, syncope of *avica, from Classical Latin avis (“bird”). Compare Catalan, Spanish, Venetan, and Sicilian oca, French oie, Occitan auca, Romansch auca, ocha, Friulian ocje, Dalmatian jauca.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɔ.ka/
* Rhymes: -ɔka
* Hyphenation: ò‧ca
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

oca f (plural oche, diminutive ochina or ochétta, augmentative ocóna, pejorative ocàccia)
* goose; gander (male)
* (figurative) goose, silly goose, airhead (female)

#### Related terms

* ocarina
* ocaggine
* pelle d'oca
* volpoca

#### See also

* papero

### Further reading

* oca in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
* oca in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Anagrams

* cao

## Middle Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈoɡə/

### Pronoun

oca
* third-person singular masculine dative of oc

## Portuguese
### Etymology 1

From Old Tupi oka (“house”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɔ.kɐ/

#### Noun

oca f (plural ocas)
* a Native American hut, especially one made from plant material such as bamboo, tree trunks, straw and palm leaves

### Etymology 2

From oco (“hollow”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈo.kɐ/
* Hyphenation: o‧ca

#### Noun

oca f (plural ocas)
* cavity (excavated hollow)
    Synonyms: cavidade, buraco

#### Adjective

oca
* feminine singular of oco

##### Alternative forms

* ôca (obsolete)

### Etymology 3

From ocra.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɔ.kɐ/

#### Noun

oca f (plural ocas)
* (dated, colloquial) Alternative form of ocra (“ochre clay”)

### Etymology 4

From Spanish oca, from Quechua uqa.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɔ.kɐ/

#### Noun

oca f (plural ocas)
* oca (Oxalis tuberosa, a plant grown for its edible tuber)

### Etymology 5

From Ottoman Turkish اوقه.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɔ.kɐ/

#### Noun

oca f (plural ocas)
* (historical, rare) oka (Ottoman unit of weight)

##### Alternative forms

* oka

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish اوقه (okka).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /oˈka/

### Noun

oca f (plural ocale)
* weight of about three pounds
* liquid measure of about three pints

#### Declension
## Romansch
### Alternative forms

* auca (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan)
* ocha (Puter, Vallader)

### Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin auca, syncope of *avica, from Classical Latin avis (“bird”).

### Noun

oca f (plural ocas)
* (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) goose

## Sardinian
### Etymology

From Late Latin auca, syncope of *avica, from classical Latin avis (“bird”). Compare Catalan, Spanish, Venetan, and Sicilian oca, French oie, Occitan auca, Romansch auca, ocha, Friulian ocje, Dalmatian jauca.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈoka/

### Noun

oca f (plural ocas)
* goose

## Serbo-Croatian
### Noun

oca
* genitive/accusative singular of otac

## Slovak
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɔt͡sa]

### Noun

oca
* genitive/accusative singular of oco

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈoka/ [ˈo.ka]
* Audio (Spain):(file)
* Rhymes: -oka
* Syllabification: o‧ca

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Late Latin auca (“goose”), syncope of *avica, from Latin avis (“bird”).

#### Noun

oca f (plural ocas)
* (chiefly Spain) goose, especially of the domestic European variety and with a white or grey plumage
    Synonyms: ánsar, ganso

##### Derived terms

* juego de la oca
* oca común
* oca egipcia
* paso de la oca

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Quechua uqa.

#### Noun

oca f (plural ocas)
* Oxalis tuberosa, an edible tuber

##### Descendants

* → English: oca

### Further reading

* “oca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10