lugal
English
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sumerian 𒈗 (lugal, “king, lord”).
Noun
lugal (plural lugals)
- A ruler of a city-state in ancient Sumer.
- 2011, Judith Coffin, Robert Stacey, Joshua Cole, Carol Symes, Western Civilizations: Their History & Their Culture[1], seventeenth edition, volume I, New York, N.Y.; London: W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, page 16:
- Evidence shows that competition among Sumerian city-states reached a new level around 2500 B.C.E., as ambitious lugals vied to magnify themselves and their kingdoms.
Further reading
Fala
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese logar, lugar, from Latin locālis (“local”), from locus (“place”), from Old Latin stlocus, from Proto-Indo-European *stel- (“to put”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /luˈɡal/
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: lu‧gal
Noun
lugal m (plural lugaris)
- place, location
- Synonym: términu
- 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Theme I, Chapter 3: Radós:
- Pero, ademais, esta lengua materna sirvi de meiu de cumunicación entre paisanus do mismu lugal o de cualquera dos tres, […]
- But, furthermore, this mother tongue serves as a communication medium between countrymen from the same place or each of the three, […]
- village
- Synonym: pueblu
References
- Valeš, Miroslav (2021), Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)[2], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN
Sumerian
Romanization
lugal
- romanization of 𒈗 (lugal)
Tagalog
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /luˈɡal/ [lʊˈɣal]
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: lu‧gal
Noun
lugál (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜄᜎ᜔)
- (uncommon) alternative form of lugar