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Akkadian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Semitic *mīn- (“what”). Cognate with Ge'ez ምንት (mənt) and Ugaritic 𐎎𐎐𐎎 (mnm, “whatever, anything”).
Pronoun
mīnum (from Old Akkadian on)
- (interrogative) what?
- 𒈪𒉆 𒂊𒇷𒅀 𒋾𒋗 [mīnam elīya tīšu?] ― mi-nam e-li-ia ti-šu ― What do I owe you?
- (relative) what, whatever
- (interrogative) why?, what for?, for what reason?
Cuneiform spellings
Logograms
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Phonetic
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- 𒂗𒉆 (EN.NAM) (mathematics)
- 𒂗𒈾 (EN.NA) (mathematics, Middle/Neo-Babylonian)
- 𒂗 (EN) (mathematics, Middle/Neo-Babylonian)
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- 𒈪𒉡𒌝 (mi-nu-um)
- 𒈨𒉡𒌝 (mi₃-nu-um)
- 𒈨𒉏 (mi₃-num)
- 𒈪𒉡𒌑 (mi-nu-u₂)
- 𒈨𒉡𒌋 (mi₃-nu-u)
- 𒈪𒄿𒉡 (mi-i-nu)
- 𒈨𒄿𒉡 (mi₃-i-nu)
- 𒈪𒉡 (mi-nu)
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Derived terms
References
- “mīnu”, 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) “mīnu(m) I”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
Etymology 2
From manûm (“to count”).
Noun
mīnum m (from Old Babylonian on)
- number
- 𒈪𒉡𒌝 𒌑𒌌 𒊏𒁉 [mīnum ul rabi] ― mi-nu-um u₂ ra-bi ― (Their) number is not big.
- 𒀉𒋾 𒀲𒆳𒊏𒎌 𒆷 𒈪𒉆 [itti sīsê lā mīnam] ― it-ti ANŠE.KUR.RA.MEŠ la mi-nam ― with countless horses
- accounting
- shape, good look, figure
Cuneiform spellings
Phonetic
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- 𒈪𒉡𒌝 (mi-nu-um)
- 𒈪𒉡 (mi-nu)
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Derived terms
References
- “mīnu”, 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) “mīnu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag