Chinese edit

hog; pig; swine phonetic
trad. (豬陸)
simp. (猪陆)
alternative forms 豬六猪六
豬樚猪樚

Etymology edit

The second syllable, (luk6), is a Kra-Dai substrate word. Compare Thai คอก (kɔ̂ɔk, pen; coop) and Lingao luk⁸ (pen) (Li, 1990).

Pronunciation edit


Noun edit

豬陸

  1. (Cantonese) pigsty

Synonyms edit