unca

See also: unça

English

Noun

unca (plural not attested)

1. (dialect) Uncle (especially as a term of address).
   • 1991, Don Rosa, “Return to Xanadu”, in Uncle Scrooge, volumes 261-262, page 5:

     That's from the poem of the legend of Kubla Kahn's palace in the lost valley of Xanadu! Alph was the river in the legend! Unca Scrooge, this is the road to Xanadu!

   • 2016, Mau Heymans, Kirsten De Graaff, translated by Dwight Decker, “Late-Night Larceny”, in Donald Duck: Timeless Tales (Disney Comics), volume 2, San Diego, Calif.: IDW Publishing, →ISBN, page 151:

     HUH? UNCA DONALD? ARE YOU STILL HOME?

Anagrams

• Cuna, NUCA, Unac

Latin

Adjective

unca

1. inflection of uncus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/nominative neuter plural

Adjective

uncā

1. ablative feminine singular of uncus

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from English ounce, from Latin uncia (“twelfth part”).

Noun

ȗnca f (Cyrillic spelling у̑нца)

1. ounce

Declension

Declension of unca

	singular	plural
nominative	unca	unce
genitive	unce	unca / unci
dative	unci	uncama
accusative	uncu	unce
vocative	unco	unce
locative	unci	uncama
instrumental	uncom	uncama

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /unt͡sa/, [ˈunt͡sa]
• Rhymes: -unt͡sa
• Hyphenation: un‧ca

Noun

unca f (relational adjective uncový)

1. ounce

Declension

Declension of unca
(pattern ulica)

	singular	plural
nominative	unca	unce
genitive	unce	uncí
dative	unci	unciam
accusative	uncu	unce
locative	unci	unciach
instrumental	uncou	uncami

Further reading

• “unca”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026