porke

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish porque (“because”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpoɾke/ [ˈpoɾ.ke]
• Hyphenation: por‧ke

Conjunction

pórke (Basahan spelling ᜉᜓᜍ᜔ᜃᜒ)

1. because; just because

   Synonyms: huli, ta, dahil, kawasa

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish por qué (“why”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poɾˈke/ [poɾˈke]
• Hyphenation: por‧ke

Adverb

porké (Basahan spelling ᜉᜓᜍ᜔ᜃᜒ)

1. (rare, interrogative) why

   Synonyms: tano, nata, hadaw, bakin, tadaw

Ladino

Alternative forms

• porque (Haketía)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish porque (“for”).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Paris):

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Conjunction

porke (Hebrew spelling פורקי)

1. because (for)
   • 2001, Aki Yerushalayim‎^[1], volume 22, page 82:

     O porke el ke se empresto el livro se olvida, o porke se averguensa de darlo atras manchado o arazgado, o mizmo porke, segun akontese munchas vezes, el es un bibliofil para el kual es difisil de separarse de un livro ke le paso por la mano, el fakto es ke por una o otra de estas razones i munchas mas, los livros emprestados a otros raramente tornan a sus lugar, en la biblioteka del ken los empresto.

     Either because he who lent the book forgot it, or because it shames one to give it back stained or torn, or even because, as it happens many times, he is a bibliophile for whom it is difficult to separate himself from a book that spent time in his hand, the fact is that for one or another of these reasons and many more, books lent to others rarely return to their place: in the library of who borrowed them.

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish porque.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈpoɾke/ [ˈpoɾ.kɛ], /poɾˈke/ [poɾˈkɛ]
• Rhymes: -oɾke, -e
• Syllabification: por‧ke

Conjunction

porke or porké (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜇ᜔ᜃᜒ)

1. just because

   Synonyms: porket, komo

Derived terms

• porket

Further reading

• “porke”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.