ullûm

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Akkadian

Etymology

Related to Biblical Hebrew אֵלֶּה (ʔéllɛ, these) and Arabic أُولُو (ʔulū).

Pronunciation

Adjective

ullûm (feminine ullītum, masculine plural ullûtum, feminine plural ulliātum, predicative ulli) (from Old Babylonian on)

  1. that, those
  2. yonder, far away, over there, distant
  3. former, previous

Alternative forms

Cuneiform spellings
Phonetic

Derived terms

  • ulla (at some time)

References

  • “ullû”, 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) “ullû(m) I”, 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