kāsum

Akkadian

Alternative forms

kāsu (non-mimated form)

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *kaʾs- (“cup, bowl, container”); compare Arabic كَأْس‎ (kaʾs) and Hebrew כּוֹס‎ (kos).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkaː.sum/

Noun

kāsum m or f (plural kāsātum or kāsānū f)

a cup, goblet, bowl
(as a capacity measure): cup

Sumerograms

This word can be written with the following Sumerograms:

𒃲 (GAL)

𒄘𒍣 (GU₂.ZI), 𒂁𒄘𒍣 (DUG.GU₂.ZI) (Middle Babylonian)

Attested cuneiform spelling

kāsum

𒂵𒍪𒌝 (ka₃-su₂-um) (Old Akkadian)

𒅗𒍮 (ka-sum₂) (Old Babylonian, Mari)

𒃲 (GAL)

𒂁𒄘𒍣 (DUG.GU₂.ZI)

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