different between toco vs moco

English

Etymology 1

Shortening.

Noun

toco (plural tocos)

1. Clipping of tocodynamometer.

Etymology 2

From Hindi ???? (?hoko), second-person plural imperative form of ????? (?hokn?, “to strike, hit, beat”), from Sauraseni Prakrit *???????????????????????????? (*?hokkadi), from Ashokan Prakrit *???????????????????? (*?hokati).

Alternative forms

• toko

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?t??.k??/
• (US) enPR: t??k?, IPA^(key): /?to?.ko?/
• Rhymes: -??k??

Noun

toco (uncountable)

1. (obsolete, British slang) Corporal punishment; chastisement; beatings.

Derived terms

Etymology 3

From Tupian.

Noun

toco (plural tocos)

1. a toco toucan
   • 2007, Les Beletsky, Bird Songs from Around the World, Chronicle Books (?ISBN), page 90:

     The Toco Toucan is surely among the most striking of the toucans, with its black-and-white body and enormous yellow-orange bill. [...] Tocos make loud rattling or clacking sounds with their bills.

   • 2014, R. Eric Miller, Murray E. Fowler, Fowler's Zoo and Wild Animal Medicine, Volume 8 - E-Book, Elsevier Health Sciences (?ISBN), page 234:

     Diabetes mellitus has been reported in tocos (R. toco) and keel-billed toucans.

Anagrams

• Coto, coot, octo-

Asturian

Verb

toco

1. first-person singular present indicative of tocar

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?to.ko/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?to.ku/

Verb

toco

1. first-person singular present indicative form of tocar

Galician

Etymology 1

From a substrate pre-Latin language, from Proto-Indo-European *tewh?- (“to swell”).

Akin to Spanish tocón (“stump”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?toko?/, (northwestern) /?t?ko?/

Adjective

toco m (feminine singular toca, masculine plural tocos, feminine plural tocas)

1. maimed; one-handed; one-armed

Noun

toco m (plural tocos)

1. burrow, den

   Synonyms: tobo, pala

2. stump

   Synonyms: cepa, coto, cozo

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

toco

1. first-person singular present indicative of tocar

References

• “toco” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “toco” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “toco” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Noun

toco m (plural tocos)

1. stub, stump (something cut short, blunted, or stunted)

Verb

toco

1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of tocar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?toko/, [?t?o.ko]

Verb

toco

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of tocar.

English

Noun

moco (plural mocos)

1. (archaic) The rock cavy (Kerodon rupestris).

Anagrams

• COMO, Como, MOOC, coom

Catalan

Verb

moco

1. first-person singular present indicative form of mocar

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?.ko/
• Hyphenation: mò?co

Etymology 1

Of Mediterranean origin.

Noun

moco m (plural mochi)

1. Synonym of mochi
2. (figuratively, archaic) trifle, nothing

Etymology 2

Of Tupian origin.

Noun

moco m (plural mochi)

1. rock cavy (Kerodon rupestris)

References

• moco¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• moco² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Javanese

Verb

moco

1. Nonstandard spelling of maca.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin muccus, variant of m?cus, from Proto-Indo-European *mew-k- (“slimy, slippery”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?moko/, [?mo.ko]

Noun

moco m (plural mocos)

1. mucus, bogey, bogie, booger
2. slime

Derived terms

Related terms

• mucosidad

Further reading

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