teca
Pronunciation: [ˈte̞.kə]
“teca” is a Catalan word. Its 3 meanings in English:
noun
In Catalan
- menjar
- Material a tractar, coses a fer.
- Part de l’antera que porta dos sacs pol·línics.
- Closca calcària que envolta el cos de molts protozous rizòpodes.
Etymology
Probably deverbal from encatacar-se (“to eat”), in turn a cross between atacar-se (“to attack”), encarcanyar-se, and Old Catalan entecar-se (“to be contagious”), alteration of *eticar-se, from ètic (“phthisic, tuberculosis”).
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