๐’Šฉ


๐’Šฉ U+122A9, 𒊩
CUNEIFORM SIGN SAL
โ† ๐’Šจ
[U+122A8]
Cuneiform ๐’Šช โ†’
[U+122AA]

Translingual

Cuneiform sign

๐’Šฉ Sign Number
MZL 883
Deimel 554
HZL 297

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)
  • Jagersma, Bram (2010) A Descriptive Grammar of Sumerianโ€Ž (doctoral thesis), page 17

Akkadian

Sign values

Sign ๐’Šฉ
Sumerograms MIโ‚‚, MUNUS, SAL
Phonetic values rag/rak/raq, ลกal

Etymology 1

Orthographic borrowing from Sumerian ๐’Šฉ (munus, โ€œfemaleโ€).

Logogram

๐’Šฉ โ€ข (MUNUS)

  1. Sumerogram of sinniลกtum (โ€œwomanโ€)
  2. (El-Amarna, Nuzi) Sumerogram of awฤซltum (โ€œfree womanโ€)

Determinative

๐’Šฉ โ€ข (f, MIโ‚‚, miโ‚‚, MUNUS, munus, SAL, sal)

  1. used before female proper nouns.

Etymology 2

Orthographic borrowing from Sumerian ๐’Šฉ (sal, โ€œthinโ€).

Logogram

๐’Šฉ โ€ข (SAL)

  1. Sumerogram of raqฤqum (โ€œto become thinโ€)

Sumerian

Glyph origin

This sign represents the evolution of what was originally a drawing of female genitals. See also ๐’€ด.

Noun

๐’Šฉ โ€ข (munus)

  1. woman, female
  • ๐’Šฉ๐’…— (miโ‚‚ dugโ‚„, โ€œto care forโ€)

Determinative

๐’Šฉ โ€ข (f, miโ‚‚, munus, sal)

  1. used before female proper nouns.

Verb

๐’Šฉ โ€ข (sal)

  1. to be fine, thin, delicate
  2. to be frivolous

See also

  • Sumerian terms spelled with ๐’Šฉ

References

  • โ€œ๐’Šฉ (munus)โ€ in ePSD2
  • โ€œ๐’Šฉ (sal)โ€ in ePSD2
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