𒆠

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𒆠	U+121A0, 𒆠 CUNEIFORM SIGN KI

Translingual

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𒆠

Cuneiform sign

𒆠	Sign Number
MZL	737
Deimel	461
HZL	313

Derived signs

References

English Wikipedia has an article on:

List of cuneiform signs

R. Borger, Mesopotamisches Zeichenlexikon (MZL), Münster (2003)
A. Deimel, Šumerisches Lexikon (Deimel), Rome (1947)
Chr. Rüster, E. Neu, Hethitisches Zeichenlexikon (HZL), Wiesbaden (1989)

Akkadian

Sign values

Sign	𒆠
Sumerograms	KI
Phonetic values	ke/qe₂, ki/qi₂

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Sumerian 𒆠 (ki, “earth, land”).

Logogram

𒆠 • (KI)

Sumerogram of ašrum (“place, site”)
(rare) Sumerogram of itti (“with (someone)”, literally “at (someone)'s place”)
Sumerogram of erṣetum (“earth, land”)
Sumerogram of qaqqarum (“earth, territory”)
Sumerogram of šaplûm (“lower”)

Determinative

𒆠 • (KI, ^ki)

used after geographical and place names.

Sumerian

Noun

𒆠 • (ki)

place
𒆠𒂷 ― ki-g̃a₂ /kig̃â/ ― at mine (literally, “at my place”)
ground, earth
the netherworld
(relative pronoun) where
state, country
𒆠𒉢𒁓𒆷𒆠 ― ki Lagaš^ki /ki Lagaš/ ― the state of Lagaš

Related terms

𒀭𒆠 (an-ki /⁠ānki⁠/)
𒆠𒁀 (ki-ba /⁠kibâ⁠/)
𒆠𒌓𒁀 (ki-ud-ba /⁠ki'udbâ⁠/)

Determinative

𒆠 • (^ki)

used after geographical and place names.

See also

Sumerian terms spelled with 𒆠

References

“𒆠 (ki)” in ePSD2

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