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Translingual
π
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Sign Number
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MZL
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596
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Deimel
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381
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HZL
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316
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Derived signs
References
- R. Borger, Mesopotamisches Zeichenlexikon (MZL), MΓΌnster (2003)
- A. Deimel, Ε umerisches Lexikon (Deimel), Rome (1947)
- Chr. RΓΌster, E. Neu, Hethitisches Zeichenlexikon (HZL), Wiesbaden (1989)
Akkadian
Sign values
Sign
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π
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Sumerograms
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BABBAR, UD, UTU, Uβ
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Phonetic values
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liαΈ«, par, pir, tam, ud/ut/uαΉ, αΈ«iΕ‘
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Etymology 1
Orthographic borrowing from Sumerian π (ud, βsun, dayβ).
Logogram
π β’ (Uβ, UD, UTU)
- Sumerogram for Ε‘amΕ‘um (βsunβ)
- Sumerogram for Ε«mum (βdayβ)
Etymology 2
From the first sign of ππΊ (eβ /β edβ /, βto go outβ).
Logogram
π β’ (UD)
- (Middle Babylonian, personal names) Sumerogram of waαΉ£Γ»m (βto go outβ)
Sumerian
Alternative forms of /babbar/
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ππ (babbarβ, barβ-barβ)
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Etymology 1
Verb
π β’ (babbar)
- to be white
See also
Etymology 2
Noun
π β’ (uβ, ud, utu /ud/)
- sun
- day
(Can we date this quote?), β~C17th BCE, The Flood story, Segment Dβ, in ETCSL, lines 1-6:π
π
π¨π
π
π¨π
πππ
ππππ¨πππ» ππ
ππ πππ
ππ
π΅πππππ‘π
πππππͺπ
ππ
ππ ππ¦π ππ‘ππ«
ππ£πΈπΈππ²π·π
π
π¨π
π¨π§π§ππ«
πππΏπ
π πππΊππ πππ·π·- im-αΈ«ul-im-αΈ«ul tumβsi-si-ig duβ-a-bi teΕ‘β-bi iβ-sugβ-ge-eΕ‘
a-ma-ru ugu kab dugβ-ga ba-an-da-ab-urβ-e
ud imin-amβ gΜiβ imin-amβ
a-ma-ru kalam-ma ba-urβ-ra-ta
gΜiΕ‘maβ gurβ-gurβ a gal-la im-αΈ«ul tukuβ-tukuβ-a-ta
dutu i-im-ma-ra-eβ an ki-a ud gΜaβ-gΜaβ - After the flood had swept over the land, and waves and windstorms had rocked the huge boat for seven days and seven nights, Utu the sun god came out, illuminating heaven and earth.
- heat
- a fever
- summer
Derived terms
Proper noun
π β’ (utu /Utu/)
- Alternative form of ππ (dutu /β Utuβ /)
Etymology 3
Alternative forms of /zalag/
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π (zalagβ)
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π (zalagβ)
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Verb
π β’ (zalag)
- to be pure
- to be bright, shine
See also
References
- βπ (babbar)β in ePSD2
- βπ (ud)β in ePSD2
- βπ (Utu)β in ePSD2
- βπ (zalag)β in ePSD2
Further reading
π on Wikipedia.Wikipedia