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Akkadian
Etymology
Adverbial accusative of 𒌓 (ūmum, “day”).
Pronunciation
Adverb
ūmam (Old Assyrian, Old Babylonian, Middle Assyrian, Standard Babylonian)
- today, on this day
- 𒌓𒈠𒈠 ― u₄-ma-ma /ūmamma/ ― this very day
- for a day
- (correlative) on one day... on another...
Cuneiform spellings
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Phonetic
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- 𒌓𒈠𒄠 (u₄-ma-am)
- 𒌓𒈠 (u₄-ma)
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References
- “ūma”, 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) “ūma(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag