soca
English
Etymology
Noun
soca (usually uncountable, plural socas)Category:English lemmas#SOCACategory:English nouns#SOCACategory:English uncountable nouns#SOCACategory:English countable nouns#SOCACategory:English entries with incorrect language header#SOCACategory:Pages with entries#SOCACategory:Pages with 11 entries#SOCA
- (musicCategory:en:Musical genres#SOCA) 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.Category:English terms with quotations#SOCA
- 2014, Marlon James, A Brief History of Seven Killings, Oneworld Publications (2015), page 684:
- —Carnival? With soca music?Category:English terms with quotations#SOCA
Derived terms
Translations
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Anagrams
Balinese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sot͡ʃə/Category:Balinese terms with IPA pronunciation#SOCA
- Hyphenation: so‧ca
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Old JavaneseCategory:Balinese terms borrowed from Old Javanese#SOCACategory:Balinese terms derived from Old Javanese#SOCA soca (“eye; precious stone, gem”). Cognate to Sundanese soca
Noun
soca (Balinese script ᬲᭀᬘ)Category:Balinese lemmas#SOCACategory:Balinese nouns#SOCACategory:Balinese entries with incorrect language header#SOCACategory:Pages with entries#SOCACategory:Pages with 11 entries#SOCA
Etymology 2
From SanskritCategory:Balinese terms derived from Sanskrit#SOCA शौच (śauca, “cleaniness”).
Noun
soca (Balinese script ᬰᭀᬘ)Category:Balinese lemmas#SOCACategory:Balinese nouns#SOCACategory:Balinese entries with incorrect language header#SOCACategory:Pages with entries#SOCACategory:Pages with 11 entries#SOCA
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from GaulishCategory:Catalan terms derived from Gaulish#SOCA *tsukka, from Proto-GermanicCategory:Catalan terms derived from Proto-Germanic#SOCA *stukkaz (“stock; stump”). Compare French souche.
Pronunciation
Noun
soca f (plural soques)Category:Catalan lemmas#SOCACategory:Catalan nouns#SOCACategory:Catalan countable nouns#SOCACategory:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#SOCACategory:Catalan feminine nouns#SOCACategory:Pages with entries#SOCACategory:Pages with 11 entries#SOCA
Further reading
- Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “soca”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
- “soca”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
Javanese
Romanization
socaCategory:Javanese non-lemma forms#SOCACategory:Javanese romanizations#SOCACategory:Javanese terms with redundant script codes#SOCACategory:Javanese entries with incorrect language header#SOCACategory:Pages with entries#SOCACategory:Pages with 11 entries#SOCA
- romanization of ꦱꦺꦴꦕ
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from GaulishCategory:Latin terms borrowed from Gaulish#SOCACategory:Latin terms derived from Gaulish#SOCA *soucā, ultimately from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#SOCA *sew- (“to bend, to cut, to drive”).
Pronunciation
Noun
sōca m (genitive sōcae)Category:Latin lemmas#SOCACategory:Latin nouns#SOCACategory:Latin first declension nouns#SOCACategory:Latin masculine nouns in the first declension#SOCACategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#SOCACategory:Latin masculine nouns#SOCACategory:Pages with entries#SOCACategory:Pages with 11 entries#SOCA; first declension
Declension
First-declension noun.
Descendants
- Insular Romance:
- Italo-Dalmatian:
- Rhaeto-Romance:
- Gallo-Italic:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Borrowings:
- → Albanian: shokë
Occitan
Etymology
Borrowed from GaulishCategory:Occitan terms derived from Gaulish#SOCA *tsukka, from Proto-GermanicCategory:Occitan terms derived from Proto-Germanic#SOCA *stukkaz (“stock; stump”). Compare French souche.
Pronunciation
Noun
soca f (plural socas)Category:Occitan lemmas#SOCACategory:Occitan nouns#SOCACategory:Occitan countable nouns#SOCACategory:Occitan entries with incorrect language header#SOCACategory:Occitan feminine nouns#SOCACategory:Pages with entries#SOCACategory:Pages with 11 entries#SOCA
Dialectal variants
Derived terms
Old Javanese
Etymology
Borrowed from SanskritCategory:Old Javanese terms borrowed from Sanskrit#SOCACategory:Old Javanese terms derived from Sanskrit#SOCA शोचि (śoci, “flame, glow”), शुच् (śuc, “to shine, glow”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sot͡ʃa/Category:Old Javanese terms with IPA pronunciation#SOCA
- Rhymes: -t͡ʃa, -aCategory:Rhymes:Old Javanese/t͡ʃa#SOCACategory:Rhymes:Old Javanese/t͡ʃa/2 syllables#SOCACategory:Rhymes:Old Javanese/a#SOCACategory:Rhymes:Old Javanese/a/2 syllables#SOCA
- Homophone: śocaCategory:Old Javanese terms with homophones#SOCA
- Hyphenation: so‧ca
Noun
socaCategory:Old Javanese lemmas#SOCACategory:Old Javanese nouns#SOCACategory:Old Javanese entries with incorrect language header#SOCACategory:Pages with entries#SOCACategory:Pages with 11 entries#SOCA
Alternative forms
Derived terms
Noun
socaCategory:Old Javanese lemmas#SOCACategory:Old Javanese nouns#SOCACategory:Old Javanese entries with incorrect language header#SOCACategory:Pages with entries#SOCACategory:Pages with 11 entries#SOCA
Descendants
Further reading
- "soca" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
Pali
Verb
socaCategory:Pali non-lemma forms#SOCACategory:Pali verb forms#SOCACategory:Pali verb forms in Latin script#SOCACategory:Pali entries with incorrect language header#SOCACategory:Pages with entries#SOCACategory:Pages with 11 entries#SOCA
- second-person singular imperative active of socati (“to grieve”)
Portuguese
Verb
socaCategory:Portuguese non-lemma forms#SOCACategory:Portuguese verb forms#SOCACategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#SOCACategory:Pages with entries#SOCACategory:Pages with 11 entries#SOCA
- inflection of socar:
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from GaulishCategory:Spanish terms derived from Gaulish#SOCA *tsukka, from Proto-GermanicCategory:Spanish terms derived from Proto-Germanic#SOCA *stukkaz (“stock; stump”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsoka/ [ˈso.ka]Category:Spanish 2-syllable words#SOCACategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#SOCA
- Rhymes: -okaCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/oka#SOCACategory:Rhymes:Spanish/oka/2 syllables#SOCA
- Syllabification: so‧ca
Noun
soca f (plural socas)Category:Spanish lemmas#SOCACategory:Spanish nouns#SOCACategory:Spanish countable nouns#SOCACategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#SOCACategory:Spanish feminine nouns#SOCACategory:Pages with entries#SOCACategory:Pages with 11 entries#SOCA
- Young shoots of rice
Further reading
- “soca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
Sundanese
Etymology
Borrowed from JavaneseCategory:Sundanese terms borrowed from Javanese#SOCACategory:Sundanese terms derived from Javanese#SOCA ꦱꦺꦴꦕ (soca, “eye, gem”), from Old JavaneseCategory:Sundanese terms derived from Old Javanese#SOCA soca, from SanskritCategory:Sundanese terms derived from Sanskrit#SOCA शोचि (śoci, “flame, glow”). Cognate to Balinese soca.
Noun
soca (Sundanese script ᮞᮧᮎ)Category:Sundanese lemmas#SOCACategory:Sundanese nouns#SOCACategory:Sundanese entries with incorrect language header#SOCACategory:Pages with entries#SOCACategory:Pages with 11 entries#SOCA
- (lemesCategory:Lemes#SOCA) eye
Derived terms
Further reading
- "SOTJA", in Coolsma, S (1913), Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij
