borrowing from Sumerian <span class="searchmatch">𒃻𒅮𒈾</span> (nig̃₂-bun₂-na /nig̃buna/, “turtle”). <span class="searchmatch">𒃻𒅮𒈾</span> • (NIG₂.BUN₂.NA) Sumerogram of šeleppûm (“turtle”) <span class="searchmatch">𒃻𒅮𒈾</span> • (nig̃₂-bun₂-na /nig̃buna/)...
Borrowed from Arabic سُلَحْفَاة (sulaḥfāh), ultimately from Akkadian <span class="searchmatch">𒃻𒅮𒈾</span> (šeleppûm). Compare Aramaic ܣܠܘܦܝܬܐ (sallōp̄īṯā). שַׁלְחוּפָה • (shalkhufá) f...
Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, from Akkadian <span class="searchmatch">𒃻𒅮𒈾</span> (šeleppûm), from Proto-Semitic *šalaḥpaw (“turtle”); compare Arabic سُلَحْفَاة (sulaḥfāh)...
Aramaic form akin to Classical Syriac ܣܠܘܦܝܬܐ (sallōp̄īṯā), from Akkadian <span class="searchmatch">𒃻𒅮𒈾</span> (šeleppûm, “turtle, snake; a shell, egg, canister”). Distortion of the Akkadian...
(akʷʼwa) Afrikaans: skilpad (af) Ahom: 𑜄𑜧 (taw) Akkadian: 𒁄𒄀 (/raqqu/), <span class="searchmatch">𒃻𒅮𒈾</span> (/šelappu/) Albanian: breshkë (sq) f Alviri-Vidari: لوکپشت (lovek-pošt)...
Afrikaans: (tortoise or turtle) skilpad (af) Akan: akyekyedeɛ Akkadian: <span class="searchmatch">𒃻𒅮𒈾</span> (šeleppû) Albanian: (tortoise or turtle) breshkë (sq) f Arabic: (tortoise...
Cuneiform spellings Logograms Phonetic <span class="searchmatch">𒃻𒅮𒈾</span> (NIG₂.BUN₂.NA) 𒃻𒅮𒈾𒄩 (NIG₂.BUN₂.NA.KU₆) 𒊺𒈜𒁍𒌑 (še-lep-pu-u₂) 𒊺𒈜𒁍𒌋 (še-lep-pu-u) 𒊺𒆷𒁍𒌑 (še-la-pu-u₂)...