Download Ebook - The Knowledge Den

A SELECTED VOCABULARY
OF THE PRINCIPAL ROOTS IN SUMERIAN1
1. A. Hand, usually written 12,but also a. Strength (emu~u) á. From the meaning
hand, developed the idea oracle, (tertuj, á·meS = idéUi, signs, passim in
prayers. Employed with the verb agga to acto á-agga = oracle, como
mand, (teslitu). ki-á·ág-gá-má, place of my oracle, Cyl. A. 10,24. ki-á·
agga·ba, 26, 9. As verb á-agga, send, command, mu'uru. á gal gu-mu­
da-an-agga, he sent me in majesty, CT. XXI 48, 6. galuá_agga, sender,
one who commands, mu'irru. á-mu-un-da-an·agga, he sent him, CT. XV
15, 15. 12 has also the sense of wisdom, in á-gál, 'one who has divination',
mundalku. 12, hom, I;arnu. 12ba-U-il, he exalted the summit (of
the temple), Cyl. A. 22, 23.
1. A. Water. Invariably written a, see p. 20.
l.. A, Father. Originally ad, hence a-a to compensate for the loss of el. a nu-tugme,
a father 1 have not, Cyl. A, 3,7. a kenag-ni, his beloved father,
OBI. 87, III 16.
-l. A, Ten, esru, varo of U.
1. AB, Ocean, tamtu. su-ga ab-ba, fisherman of the sea, RTC. 36 obv. 2, 5.
1. .Ul, OId man, Síbu. ab·ba of a city, passim. ab-ba = abu in a list with pUrSumu,
Rm. 604, obv. 5. ab·ba-bi, the elder, a dignitary, CT. V 17, I 25, III 18.
nam-abba, old age.
3. .ill, Recess, nest, aptu. See ub.
l. ÁB, Cow, littu.
ABGAL, Great wise one, gal + ab Il, ab~allu.
ABLAL, Nest, from ab Il[ and ¿al to weave, naplastu, Br. B841 f. ~~innll, takkabu,
SAL ,868 f
ABZAL. Oyen, from ab, hole and "al, blaze, ma$ádu.
1. AD, Father, sage. Wisdom, a-du = milku, tému.
2. AD, Thorn. del = asagu.
l. For words discussed in the grammar see the Index.