𒋰

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𒋰 U+122F0, 𒋰
CUNEIFORM SIGN TAB
← 𒋯
 		Cuneiform 𒋱 →

Translingual

Cuneiform sign

𒋰 Sign Number
MZL 209
Deimel 124
HZL 90

References

English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia
  • 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 𒋰
Sumerograms 2, MIN₆, TAB
Phonetic values tab/tap

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Sumerian 𒋰 (tab, “to burn; to double; fever”).

Logogram

𒋰 • (TAB)

  1. Sumerogram of edēlum (“to shut, lock”)
  2. Sumerogram of eṣēpum (“to double”)
  3. Sumerogram of ḫamāṭum (“to burn”)
  4. Sumerogram of ḫimṭum (“burning; fever”)

Sumerian

Etymology 1

Verb

𒋰 • (tab)

  1. to begin, to start
  2. to burn
    1. to make or dye red
    2. to brand, to mark
  3. to double, to repeat
    1. to partner, to be parallel
  4. to flatten, to lay flat
  5. to grasp, to hold

Noun

𒋰 • (tab)

  1. companion, partner
  2. illness, disease (perhaps originally a fever derived from "to burn")

Etymology 2

Numeral

𒋰 • (min₆ /min/)

  1. Alternative form of 𒈫 (min)
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