coca
English
/ˈkəʊkə/, /ˈkoʊkə/
noun
Definitions
- Any of the four cultivated plants which belong to the family Erythroxylaceae, native to western South America.
- The dried leaf of one of these plants, the South American shrub (), widely cultivated in Andean countries, which is the source of cocaine.
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish, Castilian coca derived from Quechua kuka.
Origin
Quechua
kuka
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- anticoca English
- anticocaine English
- cocaethylene English
- cocaine English
- cocaineless English
- cocainelike English
- cocainise English
- cocainism English
- cocainist English
- cocainization English
- cocainize English
- coke English
- ethylene English
- norcocaine English
- coca Dutch, Flemish
- coca Spanish, Castilian
- cocalero Spanish, Castilian
- coquero Spanish, Castilian
- コカイン Japanese
- cóca Irish
- โคเคน Thai
- kokain Turkish
- 古柯 Chinese
- 可卡因 Chinese
- koka Quechua
- kuka Quechua
- ၵူဝ်ႇၵဵၼ်း Shan
- kuka Aymara