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Akkadian
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *mawt- (“death”). Cognate with Arabic مَوْت (mawt) and Biblical Hebrew מָוֶת (mɔ́weṯ).
Pronunciation
Noun
mūtum f (construct state mūt or mūti) (from Old Assyrian/Old Babylonian on)
- death
Cuneiform spellings
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Phonetic
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- 𒁁 (BAD, UŠ₂)
- 𒉆𒁁 (NAM.BAD, NAM.UŠ₂)
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- 𒈬𒌈 (mu-tum)
- 𒈬𒌑𒌈 (mu-u₂-tum)
- 𒈬𒌋𒌓 (mu-u-tu₂)
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References
- “mūtu”, 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) “mūtu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
- Huehnergard, John (2011) A Grammar of Akkadian (Harvard Semitic Studies; 45), 3rd edition, Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns