purke

From Portuguese porque.

purke

1. because

From Old Norse purka.

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

1. a sow (female pig)

• → Greenlandic: puuluki

• “purke” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /²pʉrkə/

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

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

2. a sow (female pig)

   Synonym: sugge

Onomatopoeic. Possibly influenced by purke f.

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

• “purke” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.