doca

From do (“want”) +‎ ca (“some”). First attested in written in Sami Frashëri's Shkronjëtore.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /doˈt͡sa/

doca

1. some

   Synonyms: ndoca, disa, ca

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɔka/ [ˈd̪ɔ.kɐ]
• Rhymes: -ɔka
• Hyphenation: do‧cá

From English dock.

doca f (plural docas)

1. (nautical, regional, Val Miñor) dock

Unknown

doca f (plural docas)

1. sloth; procrastination

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “doca”, 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), “doca”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “doca”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
• “doca” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Borrowed from English dock, from Middle English dock (“mud channel”), from Middle Dutch docke (“channel”) (modern dok (“lock, segment of a canal”)), from Italian doccia (“conduit, canal”) or Medieval Latin ducta, ductus (“conduit, canal”).

• Rhymes: -ɔkɐ

• Hyphenation: do‧ca

doca f (plural docas)

1. (nautical) dock

• IPA^(key): /ˈdoka/ [ˈd̪o.ka]
• Rhymes: -oka
• Syllabification: do‧ca

doca f (plural docas)

1. A South American flowering plant of the genus Carpobrotus.

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