porcu

See also: Porcu and Porcù

Aromanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin porcus. Compare Romanian porc.

Noun

porcu m (plural portsi)

  1. pig

Derived terms

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

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

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
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