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Translingual
| π
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Sign Number
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| MZL
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380
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| Deimel
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231
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| HZL
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72
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Derived signs
References
- R. Borger, Mesopotamisches Zeichenlexikon (MZL), MΓΌnster (2003)
- A. Deimel, Ε umerisches Lexikon (Deimel), Rome (1947)
- Chr. RΓΌster, E. Neu, Hethitisches Zeichenlexikon (HZL), Wiesbaden (1989)
Akkadian
Sign values
| Sign
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π
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| Sumerograms
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DIG/DIQ, IAβ, Iβ, NI, ZAL
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| Phonetic values
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iβ, liβ, neβ, ni, zal/αΉ£al
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Etymology
Orthographic borrowing from Sumerian π (iβ /β iβ /, βoilβ).
Logogram
π β’ (Iβ)
- Sumerogram of Ε‘amnum (βoilβ)
Hittite
π
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Logogram
π β’ (NI)
- (Akkadogram, suffix) our
- ni, ni-iΕ‘, ni-eΕ‘ abbreviations for nipaΕ‘uriΕ‘, nipaΕ‘ureΕ‘ (a part of the liver)
Sumerian
Etymology 1
Alternative forms of
/i/
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| ππ (iβ-a)
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Noun
π β’ (iβ, iaβ /i/)
- (vegetable) oil
- fat, tallow
- butter
- ππ (iβ-abβ /β i'abβ /, βgheeβ)
- ππ (iβ-gΜeΕ‘ /β igΜeΕ‘β /, βsesame oilβ)
- ππ© (iβ-kuβ /β ikuβ /, βfish oilβ)
- ππ
π (iβ-ir-a /β i'irakβ /, βscented oilβ)
- ππ» (iβ-udu /β i'uduβ /, βsheep fatβ)
- ππ© (iβ sur /β i surβ /, βto make oilβ)
Etymology 2
Noun
π β’ (suΕ‘) (more often spelt with a determinative: ππ, uzusuΕ‘)
- greaze
Etymology 3
Verb
π β’ (zal)
- to shine
Etymology 4
Verb
π β’ (zal)
- (time) to pass
- to flow
- to get up early
- to finish, come to an end
- to dissolve, melt, break down
- to quake
See also
References
- βπ (i)β in ePSD2
- βπ (suΕ‘, βgreaseβ)β in ePSD2
- βπ (zal, βto shineβ)β in ePSD2
- βπ (zal, βto passβ)β in ePSD2
