purke

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Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese porque.

Adverb

purke

  1. because

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse purka.

Noun

purke f or m (definite singular purka or purken, indefinite plural purker, definite plural purkene)

  1. a sow (female pig)

Descendants

  • Greenlandic: puuluki

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse purka, from Latin porcus. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos.

Noun

purke f (definite singular purka, indefinite plural purker, definite plural purkene)

  1. a sow (female pig)
    Synonym: sugge

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic. Possibly influenced by purke f.

Verb

purke (present tense purkar, past tense purka, past participle purka, passive infinitive purkast, present participle purkande, imperative purke/purk)

  1. (intransitive, colloquial) to snore loudly

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