qimmatum

Akkadian

Root
q-m-m
1 term

Etymology

Compare Arabic قِمَّة (qimma, “top, peak”) and Tigre ጋሜ (gamme, “frontlet, headband”).

Pronunciation

Noun

qimmatum f (plural qimmātum) (Boghazkeui, Middle Assyrian, Standard Babylonian)

  1. hair (of the head), tuft, plume
  2. crown, top (of a tree or plant)
  3. (figurative) top
    1. decorative element of a building, column or other architectural element
    2. part of the disk of the moon

Alternative forms

Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic
  • 𒆠𒅎𒈠𒌈 (qi₂-im-ma-tum)

References

  • “qimmatu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
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