muḫḫum

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Akkadian

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *muḫḫ- (“head; brain; marrow”). Cognate with Arabic مُخّ (muḵḵ, “cerebrum”) and Biblical Hebrew מֹחַ (móaḥ, “marrow”).

Pronunciation

Noun

muḫḫum m (construct state muḫḫi, pronominal state muḫḫa)

  1. skull, pate
  2. (medicine) brain
  3. top (part, side)

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References

  • “muḫḫu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎, volume 10, M, part 2, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1977
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