assut

Borrowed from Arabic السُّدّ (as-sudd, “dam, obstruction”). Cognate with Spanish azud.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əˈsut]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [aˈsut]

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assut m (plural assuts)

1. small dam, weir
2. sluice gate

• “assut”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007