sāmum

Akkadian
Root
s-y-m
1 term

Etymology

From siāmum (siāmum, “to be red, brown”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

sāmum (feminine sāmtum, masculine plural sāmūtum, feminine plural sāmātum, predicative sām) (from Old Akkadian on)

  1.  red, brown
    𒌨𒂠 𒊓𒈬𒌝 [kalbum sāmum] ― UR.GI₇ sa-mu-um ― a brown dog
    𒉿𒈩 𒊕𒁺𒋙 𒊓𒆳 [pirit qaqqadīšu sāmat] ― pi-rit SAG.DU-šu₂ sa-mat ― The hair of his is head is red.

Alternative forms
Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic
  • 𒊓𒈬𒌝 (sa-mu-um)
  • 𒊓𒀀𒈬 (sa-a-mu)
  • 𒍝𒀀𒈬 (sa₃-a-mu)
  • 𒊓𒈬𒌑 (sa-mu-u₂)
  • 𒊓𒀪𒈬 (sa-'-mu)
  • 𒊓𒈬 (sa-mu)

See also
    Colors in Akkadian · 𒊺𒂅 (šimtum) (layout · text)
         𒌓 (peṣûm)           𒈪 (ṣalmum)
                 𒋛𒀀 (sāmum)              𒋛𒀀 (sāmum)              𒅊 (warqum)
                              𒅊 (warqum)             
                                          
                                          

    References
    • “sāmu”, 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) “sāmu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
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