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oca

/ˈoka/

noun, feminine/ˈoka/plural: ocas

goose, especially of the domestic European variety and with a white or grey plumage

Synonyms: ánsar, ganso

Related: juego de la oca, oca común, oca egipcia, paso de la oca

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew-der.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwis Proto-Italic *awis Latin avis Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -ica Latin *avica Late Latin auca Old Spanish oca Spanish oca Inherited from Old Spanish oca, from Late Latin auca (“goose”), syncope of *avica, from Latin avis (“bird”).

noun, feminine/ˈoka/plural: ocas

Oxalis tuberosa, an edible tuber

Borrowed from Quechua uqa.