gūdu

gūdu

Akkadian

Etymology

From Aramaic גּוֹד‎ (gôḏ, “leather bottle”). Compare Classical Syriac ܓܘܕܐ‎ (gawdā, “leather bottle”).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡuː.du/

Noun

gūdu m (plural gūdānu) (Neo-Babylonian)

1. leather bag, waterskin

   Synonym: 𒋢𒀀𒂔𒇲 (nādum, “waterskin”)

Cuneiform spellings

Phonetic
𒋢𒄖𒁺 (kušgu-du) 𒄖𒁕𒉡 (gu-da-nu) (plural)

References

• “gūdu”, 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), “gūdu”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag

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Mandarin

Romanization

gūdu (Zhuyin ㄍㄨ ˙ㄉㄨ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 咕嘟.