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Akkadian
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *ʔalp- (“head of cattle”). Cognate with Biblical Hebrew אֶלֶף (ʔɛ́lɛp̄, “head of cattle”).
Pronunciation
Noun
alpum m (construct state alap, plural alpū) (from Old Akkadian on)
- ox, bull
- head of cattle
- beef
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Phonetic
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- 𒄞 (GUD, GU₄)
- 𒄞𒀴 (GUD.NITA₂) (Middle Assyrian, Neo-Assyrian)
- 𒄞𒄭𒀀 (GUD.ḪI.A) (plural)
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References
- “alpu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), volume 1, A, part 1, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1964