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Akkadian
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *šalaḥpaw/y-, *šalapḥaw/y- (“turtle”). Cognate with Arabic سُلَحْفَاة (sulaḥfāh) and Biblical Hebrew שַׁלְחוּפָה (šalḥup̄ɔ).
Pronunciation
Noun
šeleppûm m (plural šeleppû) (from Old Akkadian on)
- turtle
- a type of snake
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Phonetic
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- 𒃻𒅮𒈾 (NIG₂.BUN₂.NA)
- 𒃻𒅮𒈾𒄩 (NIG₂.BUN₂.NA.KU₆)
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Derived terms
References
- “šeleppû”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
- Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “šeleppû(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag