𒄷


𒄷 U+12137, 𒄷
CUNEIFORM SIGN HU
← 𒄶
[U+12136] 		Cuneiform 𒄸 →
[U+12138]

Translingual

Cuneiform sign
𒄷 Sign Number
MZL 132
Deimel 78
HZL 24

References
  • 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 𒄷
Sumerograms MUŠEN, ḪU
Phonetic values pag/pak/paq, ḫu (ʾu₅)

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 ʾu₅. From Middle Babylonian on, the glottal stop was indicated by the sign 𒀪, originated as a graphic differentiation of 𒄴.

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Sumerian 𒄷 (mušen, “bird”)

Logogram

𒄷 • (MUŠEN)

  1. Sumerogram of iṣṣūrum (“bird”)

Determinative

𒄷 • (MUŠEN, mušen)

  1. used after names of birds

Sumerian

Noun

𒄷 • (mušen)

  1. bird

Determinative

𒄷 • (mušen)

  1. used after names of birds

Verb

𒄷 • (ḫu /ḫur/)

  1. to scrape off, grub up

See also
  • Sumerian terms spelled with 𒄷

References
  • “𒄷 (mušen)” in ePSD2
  • “𒄷 (ḫur)” in ePSD2
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