degú

Catalan

Alternative forms

negú
degun (obsolete)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan negun (with denasalization of initial /n-/ due to dissimilation from final /-n/), from Latin nec ūnus (“not even one”). Compare Occitan degun.

Pronoun

degú

(Valencia, Ribagorçan) no one, nobody

References

“degú” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Spanish

Etymology

From Mapudungun dewü.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /deˈɡu/ [d̪eˈɣ̞u]
(Castilian)
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -u
Syllabification: de‧gú

Noun

degú m (plural degús or degúes)

degu

Descendants

→ English: degu
→ Italian: degù

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