ubānum
Akkadian
Etymology
Compare Arabic إِبْهَام (ʔibhām).
Pronunciation
- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /uˈbaː.num/
Noun
ubānum f (plural ubānātum) (from Old Assyrian/Old Babylonian on)
- finger
- fingerbreadth, 1/30 cubit
- toe
Alternative forms
- ubānu (non-mimated)
- upānu (occasionally)
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References
- “ubānu”, 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) “ubānu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, via the electronic Babylonian Library