pûm

Akkadian

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *pay- (“mouth”). Cognate with Arabic فَم‎ (fam) and Biblical Hebrew פֶּה‎ (pɛ).

Pronunciation

Noun

pûm m (base pī or pā, construct state pī, pronominal state pī, plural pâtum f) (from Old Akkadian on)

  1. mouth
  2. word(s), utterance, speech, command
  3. mind, mood, opinion

Alternative forms
  • pû (non-mimated)
  • pā'um (Old Akkadian, Old Assyrian)
  • pī'um (Old Akkadian, Old Assyrian)
Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic
  • 𒅗 (KA)
  • 𒆇 (KA×U) (Ras Sharma, Boghazkeui)
  • 𒊩𒇬 (MURUB₂) (Standard Babylonian)
  • 𒁍𒌑𒌝 (pu-u₂-um)
  • ana pîm
  • ana pī
  • ina pîm
  • piam epēšum
  • piam šakānum
  • ša pī
  • ṣīt pîm

References
  • “pû”, 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), “pû(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
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