cocho

 

Apocopic form of synonymous cochotl.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkot͡ʃo/

cocho (animate, plural cochomeh)

1. A species of parrot; Amazona albifrons.
   • 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 188r:

     Papagayo aue conocida. cocho.toznene.

     A parrot, a known bird. cocho.toznene.

   • 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 23r. col. 2:

     Cocho. papagayo. / Cochome. papagayos.

     Cocho. a parrot. / Cochome. parrots.

• cochotl

• toznene

•   Amazona albifrons on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Alonso de Molina (2008) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana (1571), Editorial Porrúa, page 23

 

• cucho, gocho, gucho

Probably onomatopoeic: compare French cochon (“pig”) or Macedonian кочина (kočina, “pigsty”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈkot͡ʃo̝/

cocho m (plural cochos, feminine cocha, feminine plural cochas)

1. pigsty, den, cubby

   Synonym: porqueira

2. pig

   Synonym: porco

3. udder

• cochada

cocho (feminine cocha, masculine plural cochos, feminine plural cochas)

1. dirty

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “cochon”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “cocho”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cocho”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cocho”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cocho”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Borrowed from Spanish corcho (“cork”)^[1]

cocho m (plural cochos)

1. trough (container for animal feed)

   Synonym: manjedoura

• IPA^(key): /ˈkot͡ʃo/ [ˈko.t͡ʃo]
• Rhymes: -otʃo
• Syllabification: co‧cho

From imitative coch, used to call pigs.

cocho m (plural cochos)

1. (Mexico) pig; swine

   Synonyms: cerdo, puerco

Inherited from Old Spanish cocho, from Latin coctus.

cocho m (plural cochos)

1. (Louisiana) culture

   Synonym: cultura

cocho (feminine cocha, masculine plural cochos, feminine plural cochas)

1. (archaic) past participle of cocer

• “cocho”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28