๐’ช


๐’ช U+1236A, 𒍪
CUNEIFORM SIGN ZU
โ† ๐’ฉ
[U+12369] 		Cuneiform ๐’ซ โ†’
[U+1236B]

Translingual

Cuneiform sign
๐’ช Sign Number
MZL 15
Deimel 6
HZL 209

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’ช
Sumerograms ZU
Phonetic values suโ‚‚, zu/แนฃuโ‚‚

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Sumerian ๐’ช (zu, โ€œto know, to learnโ€).

Logogram

๐’ช โ€ข (ZU)

  1. Sumerogram of edรปm (โ€œto knowโ€)
  2. Sumerogram of lamฤdum (โ€œto learnโ€)

Sumerian

Noun

๐’ช โ€ข (zu)

  1. a building material

Verb

๐’ช โ€ข (zu)

  1. to know
  2. to know how, be able to
  3. to experience
  4. to acknowledge, make known, proclaim
  5. to learn, discover
  6. to inform, teach

Pronoun

๐’ช โ€ข (zu)

  1. (enclitic) thy, your (second-person possessive pronoun)
Usage notes
  • The /u/ of ๐’ช (zu) contracts with the vowel of 1) the genitive case marker /ak/ and 2) the locative case marker /a/:
    1. ๐’ฎ๐’†ช๐’€๐’๐’†ค๐’‚  โ€• dam dabโ‚…-ba-za-keโ‚„-eลกโ‚‚ /dam dabazรขkeลก/ โ€• because of your captive wife
    2. ๐’‚๐’ƒป๐’‚ต๐’ โ€• eโ‚‚-nigฬƒโ‚‚-gurโ‚โ‚-za /ฤ“nigฬƒgurzรข/ โ€• in your storeroom
See also
Sumerian possessive pronouns
singular plural
1st singular ๐’ˆฌ
gฬƒu		 ๐’ˆจ
mฤ“
2nd singular ๐’ช
zu		 ๐’ช๐’‰ˆ๐’‰ˆ
zunฤ“nฤ“
3rd singular hum. ๐’€€๐’‰Œ
ane		 ๐’€€๐’‰ˆ๐’‰ˆ
anฤ“nฤ“
nhum. ๐’‰
be

See also
  • Sumerian terms spelled with ๐’ช

References
  • โ€œ๐’ช (zu, โ€œbuilding materialโ€)โ€ in ePSD2
  • โ€œ๐’ช (zu, โ€œto knowโ€)โ€ in ePSD2
  • Jagersma, Bram (2010) A Descriptive Grammar of Sumerianโ€Ž (doctoral thesis), page 213
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