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Translingual
Cuneiform sign
| 𒉡
|
Sign Number
|
| MZL
|
112
|
| Deimel
|
75
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| HZL
|
11
|
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
|
𒉡
|
| Sumerograms
|
NU
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| Phonetic values
|
nu
|
Etymology
Orthographic borrowing from Sumerian 𒉡 (nu, “not”).
Logogram
𒉡 • (NU)
- Sumerogram of lā (“not”)
- Sumerogram of ul (“not”)
Sumerian
Prefix
𒉡 • (nu /nu-/)
- not, no
𒃻𒈾𒈨𒉡𒈬𒁕𒀀𒌇- nig̃₂ na-me nu-mu-da-a-tuku
- /nig name numu'dâtuku/
- I owe you nothing
- (literally, “you don't have anything with me”)
Verb
𒉡 • (nu)
- to be not, no
- 𒁮𒈬𒉡 ― dam-g̃u₁₀ nu /dam-g̃u nu/ ― She's not my wife.
See also
References
- “𒉡 (nu)” in ePSD2
- Jagersma, Bram (2010) A Descriptive Grammar of Sumerian (doctoral thesis), page 551
