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Akkadian
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *ʔimm- (“mother”). Cognate with Arabic أُمّ (ʔumm) and Biblical Hebrew אֵם (ʾem).
Pronunciation
Noun
ummum f (construct state ummi, pronominal state umma, plural ummātum)
- mother
- 𒌝𒈨𒉌 𒀜𒋾 [ummīni atti] ― um-mi₃-ni at-ti ― You are our mother.
- initial investment, capital
Cuneiform spellings
Logograms
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Phonetic
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- 𒌝𒈬𒌝 (um-mu-um)
- 𒌝𒈬 (um-mu)
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References
- “ummu”, 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) “ummu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag