morca
Galician
Etymology
Possibly through Suevic from Proto-Germanic *merkuz (“dark”), from Proto-Indo-European *mergʷ- (“to flicker; to darken; to be dark”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɔɾka̝/
Noun
morca f (plural morcas)
- grime, dirt
- Synonyms: cotra, lorda, morriña, negror
- fish grease
- Synonym: saín
References
- “morca” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.