mû

From Proto-Semitic *māy- (“water”). Cognate with Arabic مَاء (māʔ) and Biblical Hebrew מַיִם (máyim).

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ˈmuː/

mû m pl

1. water

   𒈬𒌑 𒂊𒇷 𒆠𒊭𒀜 𒈾𒊑𒅎 𒅋𒇷𒆪

   [mû eli kišād nārim illikū]

   mu-u₂ e-li ki-ša-ad na-ri-im il-li-ku

   The water flowed over the bank of the river.

2. liquid, fluid matter
3. (ornament) wavy line

• māʾū (Old Akkadian and Old Assyrian)

• mu (post-1990 spelling)

• IPA^(key): /my/

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mû (feminine mue, masculine plural mus, feminine plural mues)

1. past participle of mouvoir