bucca

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

Noun

bucca (plural buccas)

1. mouth

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbuk.ka/, [ˈbʊk.ka]

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Noun

bucca f (genitive buccae); first declension

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

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)
• bucca in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bukkô (“male goat”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰugo- (“buck”). Akin to Old High German boc, Old Norse bukkr, Middle Dutch boc, Avestan 𐬠𐬏𐬰𐬀‎ (būza, “buck, goat”), Old Armenian բուծ (buc, “lamb”), Old English buc(c) (“male deer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbuk.kɑ/

Noun

bucca m (nominative plural buccan)

1. he-goat

Alternative forms

• vucca, ucca

Etymology

From Latin bucca.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

bucca f (plural bucchi)

1. mouth