soca

== English == === Etymology === Blend of soul +‎ calypso. === Noun === 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. ==== Derived terms ==== chutney-soca ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Saco, OACs, Asco, Caso, ocas, COAS, SCAO, saco, coas, COAs, CoAs, AOCs == Balinese == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /sot͡ʃə/ Hyphenation: so‧ca === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Old Javanese soca (“eye; precious stone, gem”). Cognate to Sundanese soca ==== Noun ==== soca (Balinese script ᬲᭀᬘ) gem eye === Etymology 2 === From Sanskrit शौच (śauca, “cleaniness”). ==== Noun ==== soca (Balinese script ᬰᭀᬘ) clean == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Gaulish *tsukka, from Proto-Germanic *stukkaz (“stock; stump”). Compare French souche. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern) [ˈso̞.kə] IPA(key): (Balearic, Central) [ˈsɔ.kə] IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈsɔ.ka] === Noun === 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.) (castells) synonym of pinya (“large cluster of castellers forming the base of a castell”) === Further reading === Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “soca”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) “soca”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 == Javanese == === Romanization === soca romanization of ꦱꦺꦴꦕ == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Gaulish *soucā, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sew- (“to bend, to cut, to drive”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈsoː.ka] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈsɔː.ka] === Noun === sōca m (genitive sōcae); first declension (Late Latin) rope ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== == Occitan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Gaulish *tsukka, from Proto-Germanic *stukkaz (“stock; stump”). Compare French souche. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsuko/ === Noun === soca f (plural socas) trunk stump stock, in the sense of a grape vine, a cultivar ==== Dialectal variants ==== socha sucha ==== Derived terms ==== == Old Javanese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Sanskrit शोचि (śoci, “flame, glow”), शुच् (śuc, “to shine, glow”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /sot͡ʃa/ Rhymes: -t͡ʃa, -a Homophone: śoca Hyphenation: so‧ca === Noun === soca precious stone, gem ==== Alternative forms ==== sosoca sotya ==== Derived terms ==== === Noun === soca eye ==== Descendants ==== Javanese: ꦱꦺꦴꦕ (soca, “eye; gem”), ꦱꦺꦴꦠꦾ (sotya) → Balinese: soca (“eye”) === Further reading === "soca" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982. == Pali == === Verb === soca second-person singular imperative active of socati (“to grieve”) == Portuguese == === Noun === soca f (plural socas) (informal) common name for a rhizome (Azores) ear of corn (Brazil) cut sugar cane with a second sprout clog Synonym: tamanco (botany) Angolan grass used in weaving === Verb === soca inflection of socar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “soca”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Gaulish *tsukka, from Proto-Germanic *stukkaz (“stock; stump”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsoka/ [ˈso.ka] Rhymes: -oka Syllabification: so‧ca === Noun === soca f (plural socas) Young shoots of rice === Further reading === “soca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 == Sundanese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Javanese ꦱꦺꦴꦕ (soca, “eye, gem”), from Old Javanese soca, from Sanskrit शोचि (śoci, “flame, glow”). Cognate to Balinese soca. === Noun === soca (Sundanese script ᮞᮧᮎ) (lemes) eye ==== Derived terms ==== sosoca === Further reading === "SOTJA", in Coolsma, S (1913), Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij