sāmum
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Akkadian
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s-y-m |
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Etymology
[edit]From siāmum (siāmum, “to be red, brown”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /ˈsaː.mum/
Adjective
[edit]sāmum (feminine sāmtum, masculine plural sāmūtum, feminine plural sāmātum, predicative sām) (from Old Akkadian on)
- red, brown
- 𒌨𒂠 𒊓𒈬𒌝 [kalbum sāmum] ― UR.GI₇ sa-mu-um ― a brown dog
- 𒉿𒈩 𒊕𒁺𒋙 𒊓𒆳 [pirit qaqqadīšu sāmat] ― pi-rit SAG.DU-šu₂ sa-mat ― The hair of his is head is red.
Alternative forms
[edit]- sāmu (non-mimated)
- sa'mu (occasionally)
- sīmum (Mari)
- sandu (Standard Babylonian, Neo-Babylonian, feminine)
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See also
[edit]𒌓 (peṣûm) | 𒈪 (ṣalmum) | |
𒋛𒀀 (sāmum) | 𒋛𒀀 (sāmum) | 𒅊 (warqum) |
𒅊 (warqum) | ||
References
[edit]- “sāmu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
- Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “sāmu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag