degú

Catalan

Alternative forms

• negú
• degun (obsolete)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan negun (with denasalization of initial /n-/ due to dissimilation from final /-n/), from Latin nec ūnus (“not even one”). Compare Occitan degun.

Pronoun

degú

1. (Valencia, Ribagorçan) no one, nobody

References

• “degú” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Spanish

Etymology

From Mapudungun dewü.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deˈɡu/ [d̪eˈɣ̞u]
• (Castilian)

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• Rhymes: -u
• Syllabification: de‧gú

Noun

degú m (plural degús or degúes)

1. degu

Descendants

• → English: degu
• → Italian: degù