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Akkadian
Etymology
Compare the preposition 𒂊𒇷 (eli, “on, over”).
Pronunciation
Noun
elum m
- (Old Babylonian, Standard Babylonian, rare) top, upper side
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Derived terms
Nzadi
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *dʊ̀dɪ́mì.
Noun
elúm (plural elúm)
- tongue
Further reading
- Crane, Thera, Larry Hyman, Simon Nsielanga Tukumu (2011) A grammar of Nzadi : a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, →ISBN
Old English
Noun
elum
- dative plural of ele