porcu

See also: Porcu and Porcù

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• porc

Etymology

From Latin porcus. Compare Romanian porc.

Noun

porcu m (plural portsi)

1. pig

Derived terms

• purcãrii
• purtsescu

Related terms

• poarcã
• purtsel, purtseauã
• purcar
• purcãreatsã

Corsican

Un porcu (1).

Porcu (2).

Un porcu (3).

Etymology

From Latin porcus, from Proto-Italic *porkos, from Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos. Cognates include Italian porco and Portuguese porco.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔrku/

Noun

porcu m (plural porchi)

1. pig
2. pork (pig meat)
3. wild boar
4. (vulgar) bastard, pig

References

• “porcu, porcellu” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

Sardinian

Etymology

From Latin porcus, from Proto-Italic *porkos, from Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈporku/

Noun

porcu m (plural porcos)

1. pig, pork

Related terms

• sue

Sicilian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin porcus. Cognate with Italian porco.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔɾ.ku/
  • (Palermo) IPA^(key): [ˈpuɔ̯ɪ̯k.kʊ]
• Hyphenation: pòr‧cu

Noun

porcu f (plural porci)

1. (zoology) pig

References

• Traina, Antonino (1868) “porcu”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, pages 3145–3146