porcalla

Galician

Etymology

Attested since 1269 until 1500. From porco (“pig”) +‎ -alla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pɔɾˈkɑʎɐ]

Noun

porcalla f (plural porcallas)

1. (archaic) sow
   • 1348, Clarinda de Azevedo Maia, editor, História do galego-português, Coimbra: I.N.I.C, page 159:

     ſſete ouellas τ dous años τ ſſete cabras τ quatro cabritos τ duas porcas τ mea doutra τ hũa porcalla con ſſeus fillos τ dose patas τ treσe gallinas cõ quatorze pĩtoos

     seven sheep and two lambs and seven goats and four kids and two sows and a half and a sow with her sons and twelve ducks and thirteen hens with fourteen chicks

   • 1473, M. Romaní Martínez, edited by M. P. Rodríguez Suárez, Libro tumbo de pergamino. Un códice medieval del monasterio de Oseira, Santiago de Compostela: Tórculo, page 58:

     mays huna porcalla çebada boa

     and a god fattened sow

Derived terms

• emporcallar
• porcallada

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “porcalla”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG