π’„ π’‹›

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Akkadian

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Sumerian π’„ π’‹› (am-si /⁠amsi⁠/, β€œelephant”).

Logogram

π’„ π’‹› β€’ (AM.SI)

  1. Sumerogram of pΔ«rum (β€œelephant”)

Sumerian

Signs in this term
π’„  π’‹›

Noun

π’„ π’‹› β€’ (am-si /amsi/)

  1. elephant
    • c. 2nd millennium BCE, Proverbs, Collection 5, Segment A, Proverb 5.1:
      π’„ π’‹› π’‰Žπ’‹Όπ’€€π’‰Œ π’ˆ§π’€² π’€­π’„Šπ’…—
      𒃻𒂷𒁢𒉆 𒉑𒅅 π’ˆΎπ’€Šπ’‰π’€€
      π’€­π’‹Ύπ’Œ·π’…₯π’„·π’‚Š π’ˆ¬π’ˆΎπ’‰Œπ’…π’„„π’„„
      π’…‡π’‚·π’‚Š π’…†π’‹Όπ’‚—π’ˆ¬π’‚ 
      𒍝𒀀𒁢𒉆 π’€ π’Άπ’ˆ¨π’‚—π’‚Šπ’ŠΊ
      am-si /niβ‚‚-te\-a-ni /maΕ‘β‚‚\-
      nigΜƒβ‚‚ gΜƒe₂₆-gin₇-nam nu-gΜƒalβ‚‚ na-
      an-ti-riβ‚‚-gu₇muΕ‘en-e mu-/na\-
      u₃ gΜƒe₂₆-e igi-te-en-gΜƒu₁₀-Ε‘e₃
      za-a-gin₇-nam al-dimβ‚‚-me-en-/e-Ε‘e\
      The elephant spoke to himself: "Among all the creatures of Ε akkan, the one that can defecate like me has yet to be created!" The wren answered him: "But I, in my own small way, can defecate just as much as you!"

Derived terms

References

  • β€œπ’„ π’‹› (amsi)” in ePSD2
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