puorco

Neapolitan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin porcus.

Pronunciation

• (Naples) IPA^(key): [ˈpwork(ə)]
• (Castelmezzano) IPA^(key): [ˈpu(ŏ)rk]

Noun

puorco m (plural puorce, feminine porca, feminine plural porche)

1. pig

References

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1088: “il porco; i porci” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
• Giacco, Giuseppe (2003) “puorco”, in Schedario Napoletano
• Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “puorco”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano