morca

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Galician[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Possibly through Suevic from Proto-Germanic *merkuz (“dark”), from Proto-Indo-European *mergʷ- (“to flicker; to darken; to be dark”)

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

morca f (plural morcas)

  1. grime, dirt
    Synonyms: cotra, lorda, morriña, negror
  2. fish grease
    Synonym: saín

References[edit]

  • “morca” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
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