porcu

See also: Porcu and Porcù

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• porc

Etymology

From Latin porcus. Compare Romanian porc and Sicilian porcu.

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, Portuguese porco and Sicilian porcu.

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

Gallurese

Etymology

Inherited from Classical Latin porcus (“piglet; pig”), from Proto-Italic *porkos, from Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos (“young pig”), derived from the root *perḱ- (“to dig”).

Pronunciation

• (La Maddalena) IPA^(key): /ˈporku/

Noun

porcu m (plural porchi)

1. (dialectal) pig

   Synonyms: (Aggius, Erula) polcu, (standard) pòlciu

Sardinian

Etymology

Inherited from Classical Latin porcus (“piglet; pig”), from Proto-Italic *porkos, from Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos (“young pig”), derived from the root *perḱ- (“to dig”). Cognate with Corsican porcu and Sicilian porcu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈporku/

Noun

porcu m (plural porcos) (Logudorese, Nuorese)

1. pig, pork

See also

• berre
• sue

 

Noun

porcu m (plural porcus) (Campidanese)

1. pig, pork

See also

• mardi

References

• Wagner, Max Leopold (1960–1964) “pórku”, in Dizionario etimologico sardo, Heidelberg
• Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes

Sicilian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin porcus. Cognate with Italian and Portuguese porco and Corsican and Sardinian porcu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔɾ.ku/ (standard)
• IPA^(key): [ˈpɔɾ.kʊ], [ˈpu-], [ˈpwe-], [ˈpwɔ-], [ˈpuɔ̯ɪ̯k.kʊ], [-k.kʊ] (dialectal)
• Rhymes: -orta
• 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