different between maca vs vaca

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish from Quechua maqa.

Noun

maca (uncountable)

1. The Andean medicinal herb Lepidium meyenii, or an extract of the root of this plant.
   • 2009, M. Hermann and T. Bernet, The transition of maca from neglect to market prominence, page 18:

     The overwhelming majority of maca roots are dried after harvest. In the cold, dry atmosphere of the puna the dried roots remain edible for several years. A minor proportion of the freshly harvested roots are roasted in huatias, earthen ovens […]

Synonyms

• Peruvian ginseng

Translations

See also

• Lepidium meyenii on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• AACM, ACMA, Cama, MCAA, cama

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m????/

Pronoun

macá

1. what? (inanimate)

References

• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)?^[2], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Arabela

Noun

maca (plural macaca)

1. stick

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?ma.k?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?ma.ka/

Adjective

maca

1. feminine singular of maco

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

From Proto-Nahuan *maka, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *makaC.

Verb

maca

1. give

Drehu

Noun

maca

1. right (direction)

References

• Tyron, D.T., Hackman, B. (1983) Solomon Islands languages: An internal classification. Cited in: "Dehu" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.
• Leenhardt, M. (1946) Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. Cited in: "?De’u" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

Finnish

Noun

maca

1. maca, Peruvian ginseng, Lepidium meyenii

Declension

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?ak?/

Noun

maca

1. vocative plural of mac

Mutation

Javanese

Etymology

N- +? waca (“to read”)

Verb

maca (ngoko maca, krama maos)

1. to read

References

• "maca" in W. J. S. Poerwadarminta, Bausastra Jawa. J. B. Wolters' Uitgevers-Maatschappij N. V. Groningen, Batavia, 1939

Paiwan

Alternative forms

• matsa

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun

maca

1. eye

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ma.t?sa/

Verb

maca

1. third-person singular present of maca?

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish hamaca.

Noun

maca f (plural macas)

1. stretcher (simple litter designed to carry a sick, injured or dead person)
2. gurney (wheeled bed used in hospitals)
3. sailor’s hammock

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *maca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??t?sa/
• Hyphenation: ma?ca

Noun

máca f (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. (hypocoristic) cat, kitty

Declension

Synonyms

• (cat): ma?ka

References

• “maca” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal

Spanish

Etymology

From Quechua maqa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?maka/, [?ma.ka]

Noun

maca f (plural macas)

1. maca (Andean herb)

Further reading

• “maca” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Alternative forms

• vacay

Etymology

a clipping of vacation (informal, US)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ve?.ke?/

Noun

vaca (plural vacas)

1. vacation.

Synonyms

• leave, holiday; see also Thesaurus:vacation

Anagrams

• AACV, Cava, cava

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin vacca, from Proto-Indo-European *wo?éh?.

Pronunciation

Noun

vaca f (plural vaques)

1. cow

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin vacca, from Proto-Indo-European *wo?éh?.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /?va.k?/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?ba.k?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?va.ka/
• Rhymes: -aka

Noun

vaca f (plural vaques)

1. cow

Further reading

• “vaca” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “vaca” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “vaca” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “vaca” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

• baka, vacca, baca, bacca

Etymology

From Latin vacca (“cow”), from Proto-Indo-European *wo?éh?. Compare Italian vacca, Spanish vaca.

Noun

vaca f

1. cow

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese vaca, from Latin vacca, from Proto-Indo-European *wo?éh?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bak?/, (in sandhi) [??ak?]

Noun

vaca f (plural vacas)

1. cow
2. (fishing) trawler

Derived terms

See also

• almallo
• becerro
• boi
• touro
• xato

References

• “vaca” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
• “vaca” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “vaca” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “vaca” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “vaca” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “vaca” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Italian

Verb

vaca

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

Anagrams

• cava

Latgalian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?vat?sa/

Adjective

vaca f

1. old

Latin

Verb

vac?

1. second-person singular present active imperative of vac?

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Sanskrit ?? (vaca).

Noun

vaca m or n

1. word, saying

Declension

Piedmontese

Etymology

From Latin vacca, from Proto-Indo-European *wo?éh?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?vaka/

Noun

vaca f (plural vache)

1. cow

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /?va.k?/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?va.k?/, [?vä.k?]
• Rhymes: -aka
• Hyphenation: va?ca

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese vaca, from Latin vacca, from Proto-Indo-European *wo?éh?.

Noun

vaca f (plural vacas)

1. cow
2. (derogatory, slang) a promiscuous woman; bitch

Descendants

• Kabuverdianu: báka
• Papiamentu: baka
• ? Kadiwéu: waaca

See also

• boi
• touro
• bezerro
• vitelo
• novilho

Etymology 2

Verb

vaca

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of vacar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of vacar

References

• “vaca” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
• “vaca” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2021.
• “vaca” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Romanian

Noun

vaca f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of vac?

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin vacca, from the Proto-Indo-European *wo?éh?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?baka/, [?ba.ka]
• Hyphenation: va?ca

Noun

vaca f (plural vacas)

1. cow (adult female of the species Bos taurus)
2. beef

   Synonyms: vacuno, res

3. leather

   Synonym: cuero de vaca

4. (derogatory, informal) cow (woman considered unpleasant, particularly one considered fat)
5. (Chile) collection

   Synonym: recaudación

Derived terms

Descendants

See also

• becerro
• ganado
• santa vaca
• ternero
• toro
• vacuno

Anagrams

• cava

Venetian

Etymology

From Latin vacca, from Proto-Indo-European *wo?éh?.

Noun

vaca f (plural vache)

1. cow