šūmū

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sumu"

Akkadian

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ṯūm- (“garlic”). Cognate with Arabic ثُوم (ṯūm) and Biblical Hebrew שׁוּם (šum).

Pronunciation

Noun

šūmū m pl

  1. garlic
Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic
  • 𒋧 (SUM)
  • 𒋧𒊬 (SUM.SAR)
  • (Neo-Assyrian) 𒌑𒋧𒊬 (U₂.SUM.SAR)
  • (Neo-Babylonian) 𒊺𒋧𒊬 (ŠE.SUM.SAR)
  • 𒋗𒌑𒈬 (šu-u₂-mu)
  • 𒋗𒈬 (šu-mu)
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