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orca.

pot or jar with a large belly and narrow neck; large sea mammal (grampus?);

4 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈɔr.ka]Classical-Latin[ˈɔr.ka]
  1. orc, orca (kind of whale)

    declension-1 · feminine
  2. butt, tun (large-bellied vessel)

    declension-1 · feminine
Where this word comes from

Either borrowed from Ancient Greek ὕρχη (húrkhē, “earthen fish-salting vessel”), or else both borrowed separately from a substrate Mediterranean language. The sense of whale is likely influenced by ὄρυξ (órux, “pickaxe; oryx; narwhal”); it is possible that both ὕρχη (húrkhē) and ὄρυξ (órux) were conflated when borrowed into Latin.

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