๐’„ญ


๐’„ญ U+1212D, 𒄭
CUNEIFORM SIGN HI
โ† ๐’„ฌ
[U+1212C] 		Cuneiform ๐’„ฎ โ†’
[U+1212E]

Translingual

Cuneiform sign
๐’„ญ Sign Number
MZL 631
Deimel 396; 404*,1
HZL 335

Derived signs

References
  • R. Borger, Mesopotamisches Zeichenlexikon (MZL), Mรผnster (2003)
  • A. Deimel, ล umerisches Lexikon (Deimel), Rome (1947)
  • Chr. Rรผster, E. Neu, Hethitisches Zeichenlexikon (HZL), Wiesbaden (1989)

Akkadian

Sign values
Sign ๐’„ญ
Sumerograms DUGโ‚ƒ, DUโ‚โ‚€, Iโ‚โ‚, แธชE/แธชI
Phonetic values แธซe/แธซi (สพiโ‚ƒ)

Usage notes
  • In Old Babylonian this sign was also used to represent a glottal stop. When that happens, some Assyriologists assign to this sign the value: สพiโ‚ƒ. From Middle Babylonian on, the glottal stop was indicated by the sign ๐’€ช, originated as a graphic differentiation of ๐’„ด.

Etymology 1

Orthographic borrowing from Sumerian ๐’„ญ (dugโ‚ƒ, โ€œpleasant, goodโ€)

Logogram

๐’„ญ โ€ข (DUGโ‚ƒ)

  1. Sumerogram of แนญฤbum (โ€œpleasant, goodโ€)

Etymology 2

Orthographic borrowing from Sumerian ๐’„ญ (dubโ‚ƒ, โ€œkneeโ€).

Logogram

๐’„ญ โ€ข (แธชI)

  1. Sumerogram of birkum (โ€œknee, lapโ€)

Sumerian

Etymology 1
Alternative forms of
/dub/
๐’„ญ๐’Œ’ (duโ‚โ‚€-ub)

Noun

๐’„ญ โ€ข (dubโ‚ƒ, duโ‚โ‚€ dub)

  1. knee
  2. lap

Etymology 2
โ€œto be goodโ€
Emegir
๐’„ญ (dug)
Emesal
๐’ข๐’… (zeb)

Verb

๐’„ญ โ€ข (dugโ‚ƒ, duโ‚โ‚€ dug)

  1. to be good, pleasing, enjoyable
  2. to be sweet
  3. to enjoy, relish

See also
  • Sumerian terms spelled with ๐’„ญ

References
  • โ€œ๐’„ญ (dub)โ€ in ePSD2
  • โ€œ๐’„ญ (dug)โ€ in ePSD2
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