Word genu-

Meanings


Comment
Meaning Comment
tribe, clan HEG. Also means 'knee', also used for 'sexual member' 04.492.
penis Neuter hapus, derived hapusanza as subject of an active verb. Synonyms lalu- (related to babytalk) 'erect penis' (Weitenberg 1984:41), pisnatar 'manhood' see 02.230, hassumar 'procreative capacity ('beget' 04.710), or the body part, genu- 'knee' (04.360) are secondary; see English 'limb, joint, member' Puh III 132-133. Apparent derivative hapusessar 'arrow' 20.250. Akkadian UZU/ISHARU = HTT lalu- 'penis' as the technical term in ritual and omen texts naming body parts: CHD. IE-Anatolian cognate: Lydian lálou 'boy's penis' HEG.
knee Meaning range: 'knee; sexual part; race, clan': HEG, Weeks. See also 'penis' 04.492, 'tribe' 19.230, 'family' 02.820.