lugal

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sumerian 𒈗 (lugal, king, lord).

Noun

lugal (plural lugals)

  1. 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)

  1. 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, []
  2. 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

  1. romanization of 𒈗 (lugal)

Tagalog

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /luˈɡal/ [lʊˈɣal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: lu‧gal

Noun

lugál (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜄᜎ᜔)

  1. (uncommon) alternative form of lugar