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Akkadian
Etymology
Compare Arabic عِنَب (ʕinab, “grape”) and Biblical Hebrew עֵנָב (ʕenɔ́ḇ, “grape”).
Pronunciation
Noun
inbum m (construct state inib, plural inbū) (from Old Akkadian on)
- fruit, flower
- fruit tree
- offspring, child
- sexual attractiveness and power, sex appeal
Cuneiform spellings
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- 𒅔𒁍𒌝 (in-bu-um)
- 𒅔𒁍 (in-bu)
- 𒅔𒁉 (in-bi)
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References
- “inbu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
- Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “inbu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag