egu

Akkadian

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

Noun

egu m (Standard Babylonian, Lexical)

  1.  a thorny plant, probably a kind of camelthorn

Alternative forms
  • igu, egû, agû
Cuneiform spellings
Phonetic
  • 𒂊𒄖𒌋 (e-gu-u)
  • 𒀀𒄖𒌋 (a-gu-u)
  • 𒂊𒄖 (e-gu)
  • 𒄿𒄀 (i-gi)

Descendants
  • → Aramaic: חָגָּה (ḥāggā), ܚܵܓܵܐ (ḥāgā), ܚܲܓܵܐ (ḥaggā, “Alhagi”)
    • → Arabic: حَاج (ḥāj, “Alhagi”)

References
  • “egu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
  • Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “egu”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French égout.

Noun

egu n (plural eguuri)

  1. underground sewer

Declension
Declension of egu
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) egu eguul (niște) eguuri eguurile
genitive/dative (unui) egu eguului (unor) eguuri eguurilor
vocative eguule eguurilor

References
  • egu in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN
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