dehoca.
to sacrifice an animal
Meaning & usage
to sacrifice an animal
to break or tear to pieces; tear up
to drain of energy, exhaust, tire, wear out
Where this word comes from
Unknown. Possibly from a Vulgar Latin *devocāre, from *devacuāre, from Latin vacuus, or from the form dezvoca, from a root *disvocāre. Compare Aromanian dizvoc, dizvucari, see also Romanian desfăca. Cf. Logudorese Sardinian bogare (“to take out, extract”), Campidanese debogada, Old French voiier (“to empty; take/bring out; clear, rid”), Gascon Occitan desboucà (“spill, scatter, pour”). Alternatively, the word may simply be an expressive creation related to dăbăla, dehula.
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