Feminine

truja

Meaning

Concepts

sow (female pig)

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈtɾu.ʒə]

Inherited from Latin

Cognate with Occitan

Cognate with French

In summary

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 of Celtic origin, from a Gaulish root *trogja, from a root meaning “to pull” and thence also “fertile," Proto-Celtic *trāglo-, for which see Latin traho. * or possibly simply of imitative origin, from the sound of a pig's grunt. Compare Occitan truèja, French truie.