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
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