English

Noun

bucca ‎(plural buccas)

1. (Britain) A storm spirit in Cornish folklore, formerly believed to inhabit mines and coastal communities.
   • 2008, Oliver Berry, Belinda Dixon, Devon, Cornwall & Southwest England (page 273)

     a fabled menagerie of fairies, buccas, sprites and giants

Interlingua

Noun

bucca ‎(plural buccas)

1. mouth

Latin

Etymology

Of Celtic origin (compare Gaulish bocca, boca), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeHw- ‎(“to swell, puff”), itself imitative.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbuk.ka/

Noun

bucca f ‎(genitive buccae); first declension

1. (anatomy) cheek
2. (Medieval Latin) mouth

Inflection

First declension.

Derived terms

• buccea
• buccula
• bucculentus

Descendants

See also

• os

References

• bucca in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• bucca in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• BUCCA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “bucca”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Old English

Noun

bucca m

1. he-goat

Declension

Related terms

• Old English buc(c)

Descendants

• English buck

Sicilian

Alternative forms

• vucca, ucca

Etymology

From Latin bucca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbukka/
• Hyphenation: bùc‧ca

Noun

bucca f (plural bucchi)

1. mouth