zû  [ŠE₁₀ : ]

[Science → Natural sciences]

excrement, shit, feces, stools ; muqappil zê dung-beetle

See also : tabāštāmu, ṣanāḫu, tabāku, kabû, zê, ziblu, tabāštānu, nīṭu, nipqū

Comparison with other Semitic languages :

• Proto-Semitic : ^*θ̣ayʾ
• Arabic : ẓayyat  ظَيَّة "rotting corpse"
• Hebrew : ṣōʾā
• Ugaritic : ẓủ  
• Ge'ez : ṣiʾat

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