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