šaptum

Akkadian

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *śapat- (“lip”). Cognate with Arabic شَفَة (šafa) and Biblical Hebrew שָׂפָה (śɔp̄ɔ).

Pronunciation

Noun

šaptum f (dual šaptān, plural šapātum) (from Old Akkadian on)

  1. lip
  2. utterance, speech, command
  3. rim, edge

Alternative forms

  • šaptu (non-mimated)
  • šabdu (occasionally)
Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic
  • 𒅻 (NUNDUM, NUNDUN)
  • (occasionally) 𒅾 (SUN₄, SU₆)
  • 𒊭𒀊𒌈 (ša-ap-tum)

References

  • “šaptu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎[1], volume 17, Š, part 1, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1989
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