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Akkadian
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *šim- (“name”). Cognate with Arabic اِسْم (ism) and Biblical Hebrew שֵׁם (šem).
Pronunciation
Noun
šumum m (construct state šum or šumi, plural šumū m or šumātum f)
- name
- 𒀭𒄑 𒋗𒈪 𒀀𒈾𒆪 [Gilgāmeš šumī anāku] ― dGIŠ šu-mi a-na-ku ― Gilgamesh is my name.
- fame, reputation
- line of a tablet or composition
- meaning, interpretation of an omen
- (pronoun, preposition, conjunction) because of
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