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Translingual
๐ช
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Sign Number
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MZL
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15
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Deimel
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6
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HZL
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209
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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
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๐ช
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Sumerograms
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ZU
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Phonetic values
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suโ, zu/แนฃuโ
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Etymology
Orthographic borrowing from Sumerian ๐ช (zu, โto know, to learnโ).
Logogram
๐ช โข (ZU)
- Sumerogram of edรปm (โto knowโ)
- Sumerogram of lamฤdum (โto learnโ)
- Sumerogram of le'รปm (โto be able toโ)
Sumerian
Etymology 1
Noun
๐ช โข (zu)
- a building material
Etymology 2
Verb
๐ช โข (zu)
- to know
- to know how, be able to
- to experience
- to acknowledge, make known, proclaim
- to learn, discover
- to inform, teach
Etymology 3
Pronoun
๐ช โข (zu)
- (enclitic) thy, your (second-person possessive pronoun)
Usage notes
- The /u/ of ๐ช (zu) contracts with the vowel of 1) the genitive case marker /ak/ and 2) the locative case marker /a/:
- ๐ฎ๐ช๐๐๐ค๐ โ dam dabโ
-ba-za-keโ-eลกโ /dam dabazรขkeลก/ โ because of your captive wife
- ๐๐ป๐ต๐ โ eโ-nigฬโ-gurโโ-za /ฤnigฬgurzรข/ โ in your storeroom
See also
See also
References
- โ๐ช (zu, โbuilding materialโ)โ in ePSD2
- โ๐ช (zu, โto knowโ)โ in ePSD2
- Jagersma, Bram (2010) A Descriptive Grammar of Sumerian (doctoral thesis), page 213