soca

Etymology

Blend of soul +‎ calypso

Noun

soca (usually uncountable, plural socas)

1. (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.
   • 2012, Zadie Smith, NW, London: Penguin Books, published 2013, →ISBN, page 151:

     He even turned up a few times after that—with mix-tapes of soca music, and handwritten notes, and tears.

   • 2014, Marlon James, A Brief History of Seven Killings, Oneworld Publications (2015), page 684:

     —Carnival? With soca music?

Anagrams

• Saco, OACs, Asco, Caso, ocas, COAS, SCAO, saco, coas, COAs, CoAs, AOCs

Romanization

soca

1. Romanization of ᬲᭀᬘ
2. Romanization of ᬰᭀᬘ

Etymology

Borrowed from Gaulish *tsukka, from Proto-Germanic *stukkaz (“stock; stump”). Compare French souche.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈsɔ.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈsɔ.ka]

Noun

soca f (plural soques)

1. trunk (of a tree)

   Synonym: tronc

2. stump (remains of the base of a tree)

   Synonym: soc

3. strain (a particular breed or race of animal, microbe etc.)

Further reading

• “soca” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “soca” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Romanization

soca

1. Romanization of ꦱꦺꦴꦕ

Etymology

Borrowed from Gaulish *soucā, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sew- (“to bend, to cut, to drive”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsoː.ka/, [ˈs̠oːkä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈso.ka/, [ˈsɔːkä]

Noun

sōca m (genitive sōcae); first declension

1. (Late Latin) rope

Etymology

Borrowed from Gaulish *tsukka, from Proto-Germanic *stukkaz (“stock; stump”). Compare French souche.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsuko/

• Audio:

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Noun

soca f (plural socas)

1. trunk
2. stump
3. stock, in the sense of a grape vine, a cultivar

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

1. precious stone, gem

Noun

soca

1. eye

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦱꦺꦴꦕ (soca, “eye; gem”), ꦱꦺꦴꦠꦾ (sotya)
• → Balinese: ᬲᭀᬘ (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.

Verb

soca

1. second-person singular imperative active of socati (“to grieve”)

Verb

soca

1. inflection of socar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

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)

1. Young shoots of rice

Further reading

• “soca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Romanization

soca

1. Romanization of ᮞᮧᮎ