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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
soca (usually uncountable, plural socas)
- (music) A genre of music that originated in Trinidad and Tobago in the early 1970s and developed into a range of styles during the 1980s and after which primarily includes influences of African and Indian rhythms.
- 2012, Zadie Smith, NW, London: Penguin Books, published 2013, →ISBN, page 151:
- He even turned up a few times after that—with mix-tapes of soca music, and handwritten notes, and tears.
- 2014, Marlon James, A Brief History of Seven Killings, Oneworld Publications (2015), page 684:
- —Carnival? With soca music?
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Balinese[edit]
Romanization[edit]
soca
Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Gaulish *tsukka, from Proto-Germanic *stukkaz (“stock; stump”). Compare French souche.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
soca f (plural soques)
- trunk (of a tree)
- Synonym: tronc
- stump (remains of the base of a tree)
- Synonym: soc
- strain (a particular breed or race of animal, microbe etc.)
Further reading[edit]
- “soca” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “soca” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Javanese[edit]
Romanization[edit]
soca
- Romanization of ꦱꦺꦴꦕ
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Gaulish *soucā, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sew- (“to bend, to cut, to drive”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsoː.ka/, [ˈs̠oːkä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈso.ka/, [ˈsɔːkä]
Noun[edit]
sōca m (genitive sōcae); first declension
Declension[edit]
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | sōca | sōcae |
Genitive | sōcae | sōcārum |
Dative | sōcae | sōcīs |
Accusative | sōcam | sōcās |
Ablative | sōcā | sōcīs |
Vocative | sōca | sōcae |
Descendants[edit]
Occitan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Gaulish *tsukka, from Proto-Germanic *stukkaz (“stock; stump”). Compare French souche.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
soca f (plural socas)
Dialectal variants[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Old Javanese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Sanskrit शोचि (śoci, “flame, glow”), शुच् (śuc, “to shine, glow”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
soca
Alternative forms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Noun[edit]
soca
Descendants[edit]
Pali[edit]
Verb[edit]
soca
- second-person singular imperative active of socati (“to grieve”)
Portuguese[edit]
Verb[edit]
soca
- inflection of socar:
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Gaulish *tsukka, from Proto-Germanic *stukkaz (“stock; stump”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
soca f (plural socas)
- Young shoots of rice
Further reading[edit]
- “soca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Sundanese[edit]
Romanization[edit]
soca
- Romanization of ᮞᮧᮎ
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