pûm

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Akkadian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *pay- (“mouth”). Cognate with Arabic فَم (fam) and Biblical Hebrew פֶּה (pɛ).

Noun

pûm m (base pī or pā, construct state pī, pronominal state pī, plural pâtum f) (from Old Akkadian on)

  1. mouth
  2. word(s), utterance, speech, command
  3. mind, mood, opinion
Alternative forms
Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic
  • 𒅗 (KA)
  • 𒆇 (KA×U) (Ras Sharma, Boghazkeui)
  • 𒊩𒇬 (MURUB₂) (Standard Babylonian)

Etymology 2

𒅔𒇧𒇧 (pû)

Unknown.

Noun

pûm m (base pā, plural pû) (from Old Assyrian/Old Babylonian on)

  1. chaff, husks, stubble
Usage notes

Often used in the plural.

Alternative forms
Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic

References

  • “pû A”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
  • “pû B”, 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) “pû(m) I”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
  • Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “pû(m) II”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
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