lợn lòi

Vietnamese

Etymology

lợn (“pig”) +‎ lòi.

Chamberlain (2018, 2019) posits that the fossilized element lòi is cognate with Muong [Thanh Hoá] lᴐj¹, Muong [Houaphanh] lɔɒyʔ³¹, Maleng [Atel] călɑɑy.^[1]^[2] Muong Bi lòi (“wild boar”) may also be listed among the cognates.

Certainly also received some semantic influence from lòi (“to protrude”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ləːn˧˨ʔ lɔj˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ləːŋ˨˩ʔ lɔj˦˩]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [ləːŋ˨˩˨ lɔj˨˩]

Noun

(classifier con) lợn lòi • (𤞼 + 耒/𤞖/𤢗/𤢿)

wild boar
Synonyms: lợn rừng, heo rừng
hog (esp. species with tusks like warthog)

References

^ James R. Chamberlain (2018) “A Kri-Mol (Vietic) Bestiary: Prolegomena to the Study of Ethnozoology in the Northern Annamites”, in Kyoto Working Papers on Area Studies, number 133, pages 1-171
^ James R. Chamberlain (2019) “The word for ‘snake’ in Thémarou, Bolyu, Bit, Kra, Jiamao, and Oceanic: A Lapita Connection?”, in Journal of Research Institute, volume 60, Kobe City University of Foreign Studies, pages 1-38

[1] James R. Chamberlain (2018) “A Kri-Mol (Vietic) Bestiary: Prolegomena to the Study of Ethnozoology in the Northern Annamites”, in Kyoto Working Papers on Area Studies, number 133, pages 1-171

[2] James R. Chamberlain (2019) “The word for ‘snake’ in Thémarou, Bolyu, Bit, Kra, Jiamao, and Oceanic: A Lapita Connection?”, in Journal of Research Institute, volume 60, Kobe City University of Foreign Studies, pages 1-38

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