porchu

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Sassarese

Alternative forms

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

Noun

porchu m (plural porchi)

  1. (male) pig

References

  • Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes
  • Ugo Solinas (2016) “954”, in Vocabolario sassarese-italiano fraseologico ed etimologico, volume 1, Sestu: Domus de Janas, →ISBN
  • Giosue Muzzo (1981) Vocabolario del dialetto sassarese, Chiarella Editore, →ISBN; republished, Sassari: Carlo Delfino editore, 2018, page 147
  1. ^ Mauro Maxia (2012) Fonetica storica del gallurese e delle altre varietà sardocorse (in Sassarese), Editrice Taphros, →ISBN
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