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          pelû - egg
            (CAD P 320, AHw. 853)
        
       
     
   
    
      In spite of many efforts, the Akkadian designation of ‘egg’ remains etymologically enigmatic.
    
 
          
  
    
      
        
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          pelû - to be red
            (CAD P 321, AHw 854)
        
       
     
   
 
          
          
  
    
      
        
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          pēmu - thigh
            (CAD P 231, AHw. 854)
        
       
     
   
 
          
  
    
      
        
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          peniḫuru - (a legal or administrative title)
            (CAD P 324, AHw. 854)
        
       
     
   
    
      From Hurrian pen-i-ġ(e)-o/u-ri, derived from the root pe/in- ‘to measure’ (BGH 310) with the nominal thematic vowel -i and the suffix forming professional designations -ḫo/uri (Giorgieri 2000:210, Wegner 2007:58).
    
 
          
  
    
      
        
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          pênu - to crush, grind
            (CAD P 326, AHw. 854)
        
       
     
   
    
      No etymology can be suggested. Phonetic and structural similarity with ṭênu “to grind”, the main Akkadian verb with this meaning (CAD Ṭ 98), is noteworthy.
    
 
          
  
    
      
        
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          penušḫu - (a vessel)
            (CAD P 326, AHw. 854)
        
       
     
   
    
      Or panušḫu. From Hurrian pen(i)-o/u-šḫe, going back to pe/in- ‘to measure’ (BGH 310f.) with the suffix -šḫe forming names of objects (Giorgieri 2000:209, Wegner 2007:57).
    
 
          
  
    
      
        
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          penzurru - shelter, screen
            (CAD P 326, AHw. 854)
        
       
     
   
    
      Var. pezzurru. No definitive etymology can be suggested.
    
 
          
  
    
      
        
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          perˀazu - <a precious metal, perhaps an alloy>
            (CAD P 326, AHw. 855, EDA I 33)
        
       
     
   
    
      Variant: peḫḫazu.
On etymology, see EDA I 33.
    
 
          
  
    
      
        
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          perdu - an equid
            (CAD P 394, AHw. 855)