The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

נְגוֹ‏ n.f. island

Only attested as a plural; the initial consonant cluster is often resolved with a prothetic vowel: JLA נגָווָן‏; Mand angauia; ˁngauia (var. ngauia); LJLA נגוון, אלגוון‏

island or coastal region Qumran, JLAtg, PTA, Man, LJLA.

the inhabitants of such places JLAtg, LJLA.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: n.a.; Jastrow: 873; Levy Ch-W: 2:90; Cook,Qumran: 152;

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