Šumerum

Akkadian

Etymology

Unknown

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Šumerum ? (Old Babylonian)

  1. Sumer

Alternative forms
Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic
  • 𒆳𒅴𒂠𒆠 (KUR.EME.GI₇.KI)
  • 𒆠𒂗𒄀 (KI.EN.GI)
  • 𒆠𒅔𒄀 (KI.IN.GI)
  • 𒋗𒈨𒀸 (šu-me-rum)

Proper noun

Šumerum m (Standard Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian)

  1. Sumerian (language)
    𒅴𒂠 𒀀𒄩𒍪𒌝 ― EME.GI₇ a-ḫa-zu-um /Šumeram aḫāzum/ ― to learn Sumerian
    𒇷𒊭𒀭 𒋗𒈨𒊑𒅎 𒋫𒄠𒅆𒅋 𒀝𒅗𒁲𒅎 𒂊𒁺𒌝
    li-ša-an šu-me-ri-im ta-am-ši-il ak-ka-di-im e-du-um
    /lišān Šumerim tamšīl Akkadîm edûm/
    to know the Akkadian counterpart of the Sumerian

Alternative forms
Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic
  • 𒋗𒈨𒀸 (šu-me-ru)

Derived terms
  • šumerû (Sumerian, of Sumer)

References
  • “šumeru”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
  • Black, Jeremy; George, Andrew; Postgate, Nicholas (2000), “Šumeru(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
  • Miller, Douglas B.; Shipp, R. Mark (2014) An Akkadian Handbook, 2nd edition, Eisenbrauns
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