lū

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Akkadian

Etymology

Cognate with Arabic لَوْ (law) and Biblical Hebrew לוּ (lu).

Pronunciation

Noun

lū (from Old Akkadian on)

  1. (often preceded by 𒅇 (ū)) or
  2. be it, may it be (precative particle)
    𒋫𒀊𒇷 𒋢𒄩𒊏𒄠 𒇻𒌑 𒌉𒆠
    [tabli ṣuḫāram lū mārūki]
    ta-ab-li ṣu₂-ḫa-ra-am lu-u₂ DUMU-ki
    Take the boy, let him be your (f) son!
    𒇻 𒋫𒀜𒋫𒀠𒆷𒆠
    [lū tattallaki]
    lu ta-at-ta-al-la-ki
    Go away!
    𒀀𒈾 𒌦𒅗 𒅇 𒈪𒅎𒈬𒅗 𒁕𒀭𒉌𒅖 𒁕𒀭𒉌𒅖 𒇻 𒋗𒌌𒈬
    [ana mātīka u mimmûka danniš danniš lū šulmu]
    a-na KALAM-ka u₃ mi-im-mu-ka da-an-ni-iš da-an-ni-iš lu šu-ul-mu
    May it be exceedingly well with your country and all that belongs to you.
  3. indeed, certainly, verily
Cuneiform spellings
Phonetic

References

  • “lū”, 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) “lū”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag

Mandarin

Alternative forms

Romanization

lū (lu1, Zhuyin ㄌㄨ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嚕／噜
  2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 謢
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