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akum

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English

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Etymology

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Presumably from Hebrew עכו"ם (an acronym for the phrase עובד כוכבים ומזלות "worshiper of stars and constellations"), pronounced as a word.

Noun

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akum (plural akums or akum)

  1. An idolater.
  2. A non-Jew (used to avoid censorship in Jewish texts).

Anagrams

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Chapacura

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Noun

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akum

  1. water

References

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  • Čestmír Loukotka, ‎Johannes Wilbert (editor), Classification of South American Indian Languages (1968, Los Angeles: Latin American Studies Center, University of California), page(s) 162