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Translingual
| 𒁶
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Sign Number
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| MZL
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686
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| Deimel
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440
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| HZL
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165
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References
- R. Borger, Mesopotamisches Zeichenlexikon (MZL), Münster (2003)
- A. Deimel, Šumerisches Lexikon (Deimel), Rome (1947)
- Chr. Rüster, E. Neu, Hethitisches Zeichenlexikon (HZL), Wiesbaden (1989)
Akkadian
Sign values
| Sign
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𒁶
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| Sumerograms
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DIM₂, GIM, GIN₇, ŠITIM
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| Phonetic values
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gim/kim/qim
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Etymology 1
Orthographic borrowing from Sumerian 𒁶 (gim, gen₇ /gen/, “like, as”).
Logogram
𒁶 • (GIM)
- Sumerogram of kīma (“like, as”)
Etymology 2
Orthographic borrowing from Sumerian 𒁶 (dim₂ /dim/, “to form, make”).
Logogram
𒁶 • (DIM₂)
- Sumerogram of banûm (“to form, make”)
Sumerian
Etymology 1
Particle
𒁶 • (gim, gin₇, gen₇ /gen/)
- (enclitic, equative case marker) like, as
- 𒀀𒁀 𒋀𒈬𒁶 ― aba šeš-g̃u₁₀-gen₇ /aba šešg̃ugen/ ― Who is like my brother?
- 𒋀𒀕𒆠𒈠 𒁶𒉆 ― urim₂ki-ma-gen₇-nam /Urimakgenam/ ― it is as that of Ur
Derived terms
- 𒁶𒉆 (gin₇-nam /ginam/, “like; equals”)
Etymology 2
Verb
𒁶 • (dim₂ /dim/)
- to build, fashion, form, create
- to make like, make into
- to act, behave like
References
- “𒁶 (dim)” in ePSD2
- Jagersma, Bram (2010) A Descriptive Grammar of Sumerian (doctoral thesis), page 202
