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Akkadian
Etymology
From siāmum (siāmum, “to be red, brown”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
sāmum (feminine sāmtum, masculine plural sāmūtum, feminine plural sāmātum, predicative sām) (from Old Akkadian on)
- red, brown
- 𒌨𒂠 𒊓𒈬𒌝 [kalbum sāmum] ― UR.GI₇ sa-mu-um ― a brown dog
- 𒉿𒈩 𒊕𒁺𒋙 𒊓𒆳 [pirit qaqqadīšu sāmat] ― pi-rit SAG.DU-šu₂ sa-mat ― The hair of his is head is red.
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See also
Colors in Akkadian · 𒊺𒂅 (šimtum) (layout · text)
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𒈪 (ṣalmum)
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| 𒋛𒀀 (sāmum)
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𒋛𒀀 (sāmum)
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𒅊 (warqum)
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𒅊 (warqum)
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References
- “sāmu”, 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) “sāmu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag