uca

See also: Appendix:Variations of "uca"

Azerbaijani

Etymology

According to Dybo, a derivation from Proto-Turkic *yüg-, hence Azerbaijani yüksək and other related forms. Compare Turkish yüce and dialectal yüvcek, yüğcek, üğücek.

According to Sevortyan, ultimately from Proto-Turkic *ūč (“edge”), hence, related to Azerbaijani uc (“tip, point, cusp”) and unrelated to Azerbaijani yüksək.

Some consider both the Turkish uca (“coccyx”) and Azerbaijani uca (“high”) to be derived from Common Turkic *ūča. The semantic developments that led to the emergence of both these senses could have been along the lines of 1) 'edge' -> 'top of a tree' -> 'high'; 2) 'edge' -> 'edge of the body' -> 'rump; back; loins, buttocks'. Sevortyan, however, conseders these two forms unrelated.

Compare Kipchak یوجا (yuca); Old Anatolian Turkish [script needed] (yüce); Old Turkic [script needed] (uča, “coccyx”).

None of the forms above are thought to be related to uçmaq (“to fly”), despite a certain semantic link.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [uˈd͡ʒɑ], [uˈd͡zɑ]
• Hyphenation: u‧ca

Adjective

uca (comparative daha uca, superlative ən uca)

1. high

   Synonyms: hündür, yüksək

2. tall

   Synonym: uzun

3. loud

   Synonym: bərk

Derived terms

• ucalmaq
  • ucaltmaq
• ucaboy

Descendants

• → Khalaj: uca

Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Central Pacific *quca, from Proto-Oceanic *qusan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *quzan, from Proto-Austronesian *quzaN.

Noun

uca

1. rain (condensed water from a cloud)

Khalaj

Perso-Arabic		اوُجا

Etymology

Borrowed from Azerbaijani uca.

Pronunciation

• (Xarrâbî) IPA^(key): [ʊ(d)d͡ʒa], [ud͡ʒa], [ud͡ʒɒː]

Adjective

uca (comparative ucatar)

1. high, tall

References

• Doerfer, Gerhard (1980) Wörterbuch des Chaladsch (Dialekt von Charrab) (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó

Zazaki

Pronoun

uca

1. there

See also

• wuca
• Ewca