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π | Sign Number | |
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MZL | 495 | |
Deimel | 324 | |
HZL | 199 | |
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π, πΉ |
Sign | π |
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Sumerograms | Eβ |
Phonetic values | bit, biαΉ |
Orthographic borrowing from Sumerian π (eβ /β Δβ /, βhouseβ).
π β’ (Eβ)
π β’ (Γ /pΔr/) n (plural ππ¨π (Γ.MEΕ ))
π β’ (transliteration needed)
Jagersma proposes /haj/ as original pronunciation, which later changed to /ΛeΛ/, with loss of initial /h/ and contraction of /aj/ to /eΛ/.
The initial /h/ would explain the Semitic reflection of the word ππ² (eβ-gal /β Δgalβ /) in words like Ugaritic π ππ (hkl /β hΓͺkalβ /), Arabic ΩΩΩΩΩΩΩ (haykal) or Hebrew ΧΦ΅ΧΧΦΈΧ (hΓͺαΈ΅Δl). Moreover, it is also supported by Ebla and Old Akkadian orthography, where the sign π (eβ) had the phonetic values /ha/ and /αΈ₯a/.
As for the final /j/, some Auslaut must be posited to account for the common writing πππ (eβ-a-neβ /β Δ'aneβ /) ("his/her house"), where the π (a) of the enclitic possessive pronoun ππ (a-neβ /β aneβ /, βhis/herβ) is spelled out and not contracted, as it normally would be, with the preceding vowel. Compare with π©π³π (gemeβ-neβ /β gemΓͺneβ /, βhis/her female slaveβ), with contraction of π©π³ (gemeβ /β gemeβ /)'s final vowel and the /a/ of ππ (a-neβ /β aneβ /).
π β’ (eβ /Δ/)