ūmum

Akkadian

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *yawm- (“day”). Cognate with Arabic يَوْم (yawm) and Biblical Hebrew יוֹם (yom).

Pronunciation

Noun

ūmum m (construct state ūm or ūmi, plural ūmū m or ūmātum f)

  1. day, daytime (from sunrise to sunset)
    Synonym: 𒌓𒁕 (urrum)
    Antonyms: 𒈪 (mūšum), 𒈪 (mušītum), 𒆥𒋝 (līliātum), 𒇷𒈝 (līlum)
  2. day (from midnight to the following midnight)
  3. (in the plural) period, time, lifetime
    𒄿𒈾 𒆷𒀀 𒌓𒈪𒋗 [ina lā ūmīšu] ― i-na la-a UD-mi-šu ― at the wrong time

Alternative forms
  • ūmu (non-mimated form)
Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic Mixed
  • 𒌑𒈬𒌝 (u₂-mu-um)
  • 𒌓𒈬𒌝 (UD-mu-um)
  • 𒌓𒈠𒄠 (UD-ma-am) (accusative)
  • 𒌓𒈪𒅎 (UD-mi-im) (genitive)
  • 𒌓𒌝 (UD-um) (construct state)

Derived terms
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