𒈪

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𒈪 U+1222A, 𒈪
CUNEIFORM SIGN MI
𒈩
Cuneiform 𒈫

Translingual

The character in archaic linear script.[1]

Cuneiform sign

𒈪 Sign Number
MZL 681
Deimel 427
HZL 267

References

  • R. Borger, Mesopotamisches Zeichenlexikon (MZL), Münster (2003)
  • A. Deimel, Šumerisches Lexikon (Deimel), Rome (1947)
  • Chr. Rüster, E. Neu, Hethitisches Zeichenlexikon (HZL), Wiesbaden (1989)
  1. ^ Budge, E. A. Wallis (Ernst Alfred Wallis) (1922) A guide to the Babylonian and Assyrian antiquities,  : Printed by order of the Trustees, page 22

Akkadian

Sign values

Sign 𒈪
Sumerograms GE₆, GIG₂, GI₆, MI
Phonetic values me₂, mi

Etymology 1

Orthographic borrowing from Sumerian 𒈪 (g̃i₆ /⁠g̃i⁠/, night)

Logogram

𒈪 (GE₆, MI)

  1. Sumerogram of mūšum (night)
  2. Sumerogram of mušītum (night)

Etymology 2

Orthographic borrowing from Sumerian 𒈪 (giggi, black)

Logogram

𒈪 (GE₆, MI)

  1. Sumerogram of ṣalmum (black)

Sumerian

Etymology 1

Noun

𒈪 (g̃i₆ /g̃i/)

  1. night

References

  • 𒈪 (g̃i)” in ePSD2

Etymology 2

Verb

𒈪 (gigi₂, giggi /giggi/)

  1. to be black
  2. to blacken
  • 𒊕𒈪𒂵 (sag̃ gig₂-ga /⁠sag̃ giga⁠/, Black Headed Ones)

See also

Colors in Sumerian · 𒍨 (zib₂ /⁠zib⁠/) (layout · text)
     𒌓 (babbar)           𒈪 (giggi)
             𒋜 (su₄ /⁠su⁠/), 𒁱 (dara₄ /⁠dara⁠/)              𒋜 (su₄ /⁠su⁠/), 𒁱 (dara₄ /⁠dara⁠/)              𒅊 (sig₇ /⁠sig⁠/)
                          𒅊 (sig₇ /⁠sig⁠/)             
                                       𒍝𒆳 (za-gin₃ /⁠zagin⁠/)
                          𒄭𒈨𒁕 (ḫe-me-da /⁠ḫemeda⁠/)             

References

  • 𒈪 (giggi)” in ePSD2