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Akkadian
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *śapat- (“lip”). Cognate with Arabic شَفَة (šafa) and Biblical Hebrew שָׂפָה (śɔp̄ɔ).
Pronunciation
Noun
šaptum f (dual šaptān, plural šapātum) (from Old Akkadian on)
- lip
- utterance, speech, command
- rim, edge
Cuneiform spellings
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Phonetic
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- 𒅻 (NUNDUM, NUNDUN)
- 𒅾 (SUN₄, SU₆) (occasionally)
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References
- “šaptu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), volume 17, Š, part 1, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1989