๐’‚Š U+1208A, 𒂊
CUNEIFORM SIGN E
โ† ๐’‚‰
[U+12089]
Cuneiform ๐’‚‹ โ†’
[U+1208B]

Translingual

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Cuneiform sign

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๐’‚Š Sign Number
MZL 498
Deimel 308
HZL 187

References

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Wikipedia
  • R. Borger, Mesopotamisches Zeichenlexikon (MZL), Mรผnster (2003)
  • A. Deimel, ล umerisches Lexikon (Deimel), Rome (1947)
  • Chr. Rรผster, E. Neu, Hethitisches Zeichenlexikon (HZL), Wiesbaden (1989)

Akkadian

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Sign values

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Sign ๐’‚Š
Sumerograms E
Phonetic values e

Etymology

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Orthographic borrowing from Sumerian ๐’‚Š (egโ‚‚, โ€œleveeโ€).

Logogram

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๐’‚Š โ€ข (E)

  1. Sumerogram of ฤซkum (โ€œdyke, ditchโ€)

Sumerian

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Etymology 1

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Interjection

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๐’‚Š โ€ข (e)

  1. (vocative interjection) hey

Etymology 2

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Alternative forms of
/eg/
๐’€€ (eโ‚„)

Noun

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๐’‚Š โ€ข (egโ‚‚, e /eg/)

  1. levee, irrigation ditch, embankment (a broad earthen wall which accommodated a ditch or small canal running along its top)[1]
Descendants
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  • โ†’ Akkadian: ๐’‚Š (ฤซkum)

Etymology 3

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Verb

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๐’‚Š โ€ข (e)

  1. perfective plural and imperfective stem of ๐’…— (duโ‚โ‚, dugโ‚„ /โ dugโ /, โ€œto speakโ€)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Steinkeller, JAOS 115 (1995), 543