猪い

noun

wild boar; hog

Archaic term for a wild boar or hog. In modern Japanese, 猪 is normally read いのしし for 'wild boar', and 豚 (ぶた) is used for 'pig'. This reading い appears mainly in classical texts or fixed expressions.

• 古こ事じ記きには猪いを狩かる場ば面めんがある。

  In the Kojiki, there is a scene of hunting wild boar (い).