truja

See also: trują

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan truja, from Late Latin troia, of uncertain origin, but possibly from Latin (porcum de) Troia (“(hog of) Troy”), after the Trojan horse, or alternatively from a Gaulish root *trogja, or possibly simply of imitative origin, from the sound of a pig's grunt. Compare Occitan truèja, French truie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈtɾu.ʒə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈtɾu.d͡ʒa]

Noun

truja f (plural truges)

1. sow (female pig)

   Synonym: porca

References

• “truja” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “truja” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.