nuca

See also: NUCA, nucã, nucă, nucą, Nucă, and ñuca

Ainu

Etymology

Borrowed from a language of the Sakhalin Island, in turn most likely from Solon lōča (“Russian”, noun), possibly from Russian ловцы́ (lovcý, “fishermen, hunters”) or ло́вчий (lóvčij, “huntsman”).[1]

Compare Orok луча (luča), Nivkh нуча (nuț’a). See also Daur luaaq, Manchu ᠯᠣᠴᠠ (loca), Yakut нуучча (nuucca), Nanai лоча (loca), Evenki лӯча (lūça), Even ню̄чи (ņūci), etc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nu̜t͡ʃa/

Noun

nuca (Kana spelling ヌチャ)

  1. Russian (native or inhabitant of Russia)

Proper noun

nuca • (nuca)

  1. Russia (a transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and North Asia)
  2. Russian (language)

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Cai Hongsheng (2006), chapter 1, in 俄罗斯馆纪事（增订本） [Accounts of E-lo-ssu Kuan (Russian Hostel) (revised and enlarged edition)] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Beijing: Zhonghua Book Company, →ISBN, page 29: “据伊·伊[·]斯列兹涅耶夫斯基的《古俄语词汇资料集》第⼆卷（彼得堡，1902 年俄⽂版，第 39–40 ⻚），可拟⾳为“⽼”的 лов[-]，有如下同根亲属词：ловъ（⾏猎）、ловъцъ（猎⼈）、ловцы（猎⼈们）。从当年哥萨克在⿊⻰江流域“以打猎为名”、亦猎亦劫的特点来看，前述第一组译名的词源，很有可能就是俄语“猎⼈”一词的复数形式。”

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin nucha, from Arabic نُخَاع (nuḵāʕ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈnu.kə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈnu.ka]
  • Audio (Barcelona):(file)

Noun

nuca f (plural nuques)

  1. nape, back of the neck

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

From Medieval Latin nucha, from Arabic نُخَاع (nuḵāʕ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnu.ka/
  • Rhymes: -uka
  • Hyphenation: nù‧ca

Noun

nuca f (plural nuche)

  1. (anatomy) nape, back of the neck

Anagrams

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnyka/

Noun

nuca f (plural nuche)

  1. nape

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin nucha, from Arabic نُخَاع (nuḵāʕ).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnu.kɐ/

  • Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ukɐ
  • Hyphenation: nu‧ca

Noun

nuca f (plural nucas)

  1. nape (back part of the neck)

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ “nuca”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
  2. ^ “nuca”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin nucha, from Arabic نُخَاع (nuḵāʕ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnuka/ [ˈnu.ka]
  • Rhymes: -uka
  • Syllabification: nu‧ca

Noun

nuca f (plural nucas)

  1. (anatomy) nape (back of the neck)
    Synonym: cogote

Further reading

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