haca - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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Borrowed from English hockey.

• IPA^(key): [ˈhakə]

haca m (genitive singular haca)

1. (sports) field hockey, hockey

• haca oighir (“ice hockey”)

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “haca”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

From Proto-West Germanic *hakō, from Proto-Germanic *hakô (“hook”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈxɑ.kɑ/, [ˈhɑ.kɑ]

haca m

1. a hook, a door fastening

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