egu

Akkadian

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ɡu/

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)‎^[1], 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, via the electronic Babylonian Library

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French égout.

Noun

egu n (plural eguuri)

1. underground sewer

Declension

Declension of egu

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	egu	eguul		eguuri	eguurile
genitive-dative	egu	eguului		eguuri	eguurilor
vocative	eguule			eguurilor

References

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