appum

Akkadian

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʔanp- (“nose”). Cognate with Arabic أَنْف (ʔanf) and Biblical Hebrew אַף (ʾap̄).

Pronunciation

Noun

appum m (construct state appi, dual appān, plural appātum f) (from Old Akkadian on)

  1. nose
  2. tip, end, edge

Alternative forms

Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic
  • 𒀊𒁍𒌝 (ap-pu-um)
  • 𒀊𒁍 (ap-pu)

References

  • “appu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎[1], volume 1, A, part 2, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1968
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.