choca

See also: chocá

Central Nahuatl

Alternative forms
  • (Amecameca, Jaltocán, Texcoco and Tlaxcala): choka
  • (Canoa): chuca

Verb

choca

  1. To cry.

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

From Proto-Nahuan *čooka.

Verb

chōca

  1. (intransitive) to cry, weep[1]
  2. (intransitive) to bleat (of sheep); to roar, growl (of lions, jaguar, bulls); to cry (of birds)[2]

References
  1. 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)
  2. ibid.

Galician
A peliqueiro (a Galician carnivalesque character) wearing chocas ("cowbells").

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *klokkos (“bell”): compare Welsh cloch, Irish clog.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɔka̝/

Noun

choca m (plural chocas)

  1. 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 choquas
      two small sickles, a hoe, a mattock, a chisel, a large axe, a handsaw, a hatchet, three large sickles, and two cowbells
Derived terms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃoka̝/

Adjective

choca

  1. feminine singular of choco

Verb

choca

  1. inflection of chocar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

References
  • “choca” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “choca” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “choca” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “choca” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. 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

  1. cry, weep
  • 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(key): /ˈʃɔ.kɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʃɔ.ka/
 

  • Hyphenation: cho‧ca
choca (1)

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)

  1. bell, cowbell
    Synonym: chocalho

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

choca

  1. feminine singular of choco

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

choca

  1. inflection of chocar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Adjective

choca f

  1. feminine singular of choco

Verb

choca

  1. inflection of chocar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative
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