akkû
Akkadian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Semitic *ʔak- (“awl, raven, volture”). Cognate with Hebrew אוֹחַ (ʔóaḥ, “eagle owl”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /akˈkuː/
Noun edit
akkû m
- (Standard Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian) a type of owl
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References edit
- “akkû”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)[1], volume 1, A, part 1, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1964