Occitan
Alternative forms
- aucha (Auvergne, Limousin)
Noun
auca f (plural aucas)
- goose
Romansch
Alternative forms
- (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) oca
- (Puter, Vallader) ocha
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *auca, from Late Latin *avica, from Classical Latin avis (“bird”). Compare Friulian ocje, Italian and Venetian oca, Dalmatian jauca, Occitan auca, Catalan oca, French oie.
Noun
auca f (plural aucas)
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) goose