pûm

Akkadian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *pay- (mouth). Cognate with Arabic فَم (fam) and Biblical Hebrew פֶּה ().

Noun

pûm m (base or , construct state , pronominal state , plural pâtum f) (from Old Akkadian on)

  1. mouth
  2. word(s), utterance, speech, command
  3. mind, mood, opinion
Alternative forms
Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic
  • 𒅗 (KA)
  • 𒆇 (KA×U) (Ras Sharma, Boghazkeui)
  • 𒊩𒇬 (MURUB₂) (Standard Babylonian)
  • 𒁍𒌑𒌝 (pu-u₂-um)
  • ana pîm
  • ana pī
  • ina pîm
  • piam epēšum
  • piam šakānum
  • ša pī
  • ṣīt pîm

Etymology 2

𒅔𒇧𒇧 ()

Unknown.

Noun

pûm m (base , plural ) (from Old Assyrian/Old Babylonian on)

  1. chaff, husks, stubble
Usage notes

Often used in the plural.

Alternative forms
Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic
  • 𒅔𒇧𒇧 (IN.BUL.BUL)
  • 𒊺𒅔𒇧𒇧 (ŠE.IN.BUL.BUL)
  • 𒁍𒌑 (pu-u₂)
  • 𒁍𒌋 (pu-u)

References

  • “pû A”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
  • “pû B”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
  • Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “pû(m) I”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
  • Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “pû(m) II”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
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