๐’ช

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𒍪 U+1236A, 𒍪
CUNEIFORM SIGN ZU
โ† 𒍩
Cuneiform 𒍫 โ†’

Translingual

Cuneiform sign

๐’ช Sign Number
MZL 15
Deimel 6
HZL 209

Derived signs

References

  • R. Borger, Mesopotamisches Zeichenlexikon (MZL), Mรผnster (2003)
  • A. Deimel, ล umerisches Lexikon (Deimel), Rome (1947)
  • Chr. Rรผster, E. Neu, Hethitisches Zeichenlexikon (HZL), Wiesbaden (1989)

Akkadian

Sign values

Sign ๐’ช
Sumerograms ZU
Phonetic values suโ‚‚, zu/แนฃuโ‚‚

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Sumerian ๐’ช (zu, โ€œto know, to learnโ€).

Logogram

๐’ช โ€ข (ZU)

  1. Sumerogram of edรปm (โ€œto knowโ€)
  2. Sumerogram of lamฤdum (โ€œto learnโ€)
  3. Sumerogram of le'รปm (โ€œto be able toโ€)

Sumerian

Etymology 1

Noun

๐’ช โ€ข (zu)

  1. a building material

Etymology 2

Verb

๐’ช โ€ข (zu)

  1. to know
  2. to know how, be able to
  3. to experience
  4. to acknowledge, make known, proclaim
  5. to learn, discover
  6. to inform, teach

Etymology 3

Pronoun

๐’ช โ€ข (zu)

  1. (enclitic) thy, your (second-person possessive pronoun)
Usage notes
  • The /u/ of ๐’ช (zu) contracts with the vowel of 1) the genitive case marker /ak/ and 2) the locative case marker /a/:
    1. ๐’ฎ๐’†ช๐’€๐’๐’†ค๐’‚  โ€• dam dabโ‚…-ba-za-keโ‚„-eลกโ‚‚ /dam dabazรขkeลก/ โ€• because of your captive wife
    2. ๐’‚๐’ƒป๐’‚ต๐’ โ€• eโ‚‚-nigฬƒโ‚‚-gurโ‚โ‚-za /ฤ“nigฬƒgurzรข/ โ€• in your storeroom
See also
Sumerian possessive pronouns
singular plural
1st singular ๐’ˆฌ
gฬƒu
๐’ˆจ
mฤ“
2nd singular ๐’ช
zu
๐’ช๐’‰ˆ๐’‰ˆ
zunฤ“nฤ“
3rd singular hum. ๐’€€๐’‰Œ
ane
๐’€€๐’‰ˆ๐’‰ˆ
anฤ“nฤ“
nhum. ๐’‰
be

See also

References

  • โ€œ๐’ช (zu, โ€œbuilding materialโ€)โ€ in ePSD2
  • โ€œ๐’ช (zu, โ€œto knowโ€)โ€ in ePSD2
  • Jagersma, Bram (2010) A Descriptive Grammar of Sumerian (doctoral thesis), page 213