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Akkadian
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *layʾ-at- ~ laʾay-at- (“cow”). Equivalent to 𒄞 (lûm, “bull”) + -𒌈 (-tum, feminine suffix). Cognate with Arabic لَآة (laʔāh, “wild cow”) and Biblical Hebrew לֵאָה (leʔɔ́).
Pronunciation
Noun
lītum f (construct state līt or līti, plural liātum)
- cow
- (in the plural) bovines (of both sexes and all ages)
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- 𒀖 (AB₂)
- 𒀖𒄞𒄭𒀀 (AB₂.GUD.ḪI.A) (plural)
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