eṭemmum

From Sumerian 𒄇 (gidim, “ghost”).

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /eˈtˤem.mum/

eṭemmum m (plural eṭemmū) (from Old Assyrian/Old Babylonian on)

1. ghost, spirit (of a dead person)

• eṭemmu (non-mimated)
• iṭemmum, iṭemmu
• eṭammum, eṭammu (Old Assyrian)

• “eṭemmu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎^[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
• Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “eṭemmu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, via the electronic Babylonian Library