purke

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese porque.

Adverb

purke

1. because

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse purka.

Noun

purke f or m (definite singular purka or purken, indefinite plural purker, definite plural purkene)

1. a sow (female pig)

Descendants

• → Greenlandic: puuluki

References

• “purke” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²pʉrkə/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse purka, from Latin porcus. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos.

Noun

purke f (definite singular purka, indefinite plural purker, definite plural purkene)

2. a sow (female pig)

   Synonym: sugge

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic. Possibly influenced by purke f.

Verb

purke (present tense purkar, past tense purka, past participle purka, passive infinitive purkast, present participle purkande, imperative purke/purk)

1. (intransitive, colloquial) to snore loudly

References

• “purke” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.