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Translingual
| 𒄷
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Sign Number
|
| MZL
|
132
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| Deimel
|
78
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| HZL
|
24
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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
|
𒄷
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| Sumerograms
|
MUŠEN, ḪU
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| Phonetic values
|
pag/pak/paq, ḫu (ʾu₅)
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Usage notes
- In Old Babylonian this sign was also used to represent a glottal stop. When that happens, some Assyriologists assign to this sign the value ʾu₅. From Middle Babylonian on, the glottal stop was indicated by the sign 𒀪, originated as a graphic differentiation of 𒄴.
Etymology
Orthographic borrowing from Sumerian 𒄷 (mušen, “bird”)
Logogram
𒄷 • (MUŠEN)
- Sumerogram of iṣṣūrum (“bird”)
Determinative
𒄷 • (MUŠEN, mušen)
- used after names of birds
Sumerian
Etymology 1
Noun
𒄷 • (mušen)
- bird
Determinative
𒄷 • (mušen)
- used after names of birds.
Etymology 2
Verb
𒄷 • (ḫu /ḫur/)
- to scrape off, grub up
See also
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