paca

See also: PACA and раса

English

Cuniculus paca

Etymology

Via Spanish paca and Portuguese paca, from Guaraní paka.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpækə/
  • Rhymes: -ækə

Noun

paca (plural pacas)

  1. Any of the large rodents of the genus Cuniculus (but see also Cuniculus#Synonyms), native to Central America and South America, which have dark brown or black fur, a white or yellowish underbelly and rows of white spots along the sides.

Derived terms

Synonyms

Translations

See also

Anagrams


Classical Nahuatl

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paːka/

Verb

pāca

  1. (transitive) to wash

References

  • Andrews, J. Richard (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, revised edition edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, page 244
  • Campbell, R. Joe (1997), “Florentine Codex Vocabulary”, in (Please provide the title of the work)
  • Karttunen, Francis (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 182
  • Lockhart, James (2001) Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, Stanford: Stanford University Press, page 228

Esperanto

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • IPA(key): /ˈpat͡sa/
  • Hyphenation: pa‧ca
  • Rhymes: -at͡sa

Adjective

paca (accusative singular pacan, plural pacaj, accusative plural pacajn)

  1. peaceful, not at war or disturbed by strife or turmoil
  2. peaceful, motionless and calm

Derived terms


Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpɒt͡sɒ]
  • Hyphenation: pa‧ca

Noun

paca (plural pacák)

  1. (colloquial) inkspot

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative paca pacák
accusative pacát pacákat
dative pacának pacáknak
instrumental pacával pacákkal
causal-final pacáért pacákért
translative pacává pacákká
terminative pacáig pacákig
essive-formal pacaként pacákként
essive-modal
inessive pacában pacákban
superessive pacán pacákon
adessive pacánál pacáknál
illative pacába pacákba
sublative pacára pacákra
allative pacához pacákhoz
elative pacából pacákból
delative pacáról pacákról
ablative pacától pacáktól
Possessive forms of paca
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. pacám pacáim
2nd person sing. pacád pacáid
3rd person sing. pacája pacái
1st person plural pacánk pacáink
2nd person plural pacátok pacáitok
3rd person plural pacájuk pacáik

Synonyms

  • tintafolt
  • tintapaca

Derived terms

  • pacáz
  • tintapaca

Irish

Alternative forms

  • puca (Cois Fharraige)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle English pakke, from Proto-Germanic *pakkô (bundle, pack).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpˠakə/

Noun

paca m (genitive singular paca, nominative plural pacaí)

  1. pack (bundle to be carried)

Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
paca phaca bpaca
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • "paca" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • Entries containing “paca” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “paca” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Italian

Etymology 1

Via Spanish paca, from Guaraní paka.

Noun

paca m (invariable)

  1. (zoology) paca

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

paca

  1. third-person singular present indicative and second-person singular imperative of pacare

Anagrams


Latin

Pronunciation

Verb

pācā

  1. first-person singular present active imperative of pācō

Pali

Alternative forms

Verb

paca

  1. inflection of pacati (to cook):
    1. second-person singular imperative active
    2. first-person and third-person singular imperfect active

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpa.t͡sa/

Noun

paca m

  1. inflection of pac:
    1. genitive plural
    2. accusative plural

Verb

paca

  1. third-person singular present of pacać

Further reading

  • paca in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpaka/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French pacque.

Noun

paca f (plural pacas)

  1. bale (bundle)
    Synonyms: fardo, lío

Etymology 2

Unknown

Noun

paca f (plural pacas, masculine paco, masculine plural pacos)

  1. (colloquial, derogatory, Latin America) female police officer

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Guaraní paka.

Noun

paca f (plural pacas)

  1. (chiefly Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay) paca (rodent of the genus Cuniculus)
Synonyms
  • boruga f (Colombian Amazonia)
  • conejo pintado m (Panama)
  • guagua f (Colombia)
  • guanta m (Ecuador)
  • guartinaja m (Northwestern Colombia)
  • jochi pintado m (Bolivia)
  • lapa f (Venezuela, Colombian Llanos)
  • majaz m (Peru)
  • tepezcuintle m, tepezcuinte m (Mexico, Central America)
  • tinajo m (Northeastern Colombia)
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