uca

See also: Appendix:Variations of "uca"

Azerbaijani

Etymology

According to Dybo, a derivation from Proto-Turkic *yüg-,^[1] hence Azerbaijani yüksək and other related forms. Compare Turkish yüce and dialectal yüvcek, yüğcek, üğücek.

According to Sevortyan, ultimately from Proto-Turkic *ūč (“edge”),^[2] 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.^[3] 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.^[4]

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)

high
Synonyms: hündür, yüksək
tall
Synonym: uzun
loud
Synonym: bərk

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Khalaj: uca

References

^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*Kadgu”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
^ Sevortjan, E. V. (1974) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Nauka, page 611
^ Tekin, Talat (1994) “Türk Dillerinde Önseste y- Türemesi [The origin of word-initial y- in Turkic languages]”, in Türk Dilleri Araştırmaları‎^[2], volume 4, Ankara, page 58 of 51-66
^ Sevortjan, E. V. (1974) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Nauka, page 567

Fijian

Etymology

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

Noun

uca

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)

high, tall

References

Doerfer, Gerhard (1980) Wörterbuch des Chaladsch (Dialekt von Charrab) [Khalaj dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó

Zazaki

Pronoun

uca

there