Elementary Sumerian Glossary

gal-le-eš, gal-bi-šè (synonym of gal-bé)
gal-di (ppl. of gal - du11) greatly accomplished, preeminent,
excellent, excelling (ra'bu, tizqāru); cf. galgal-di
boaster, boasting(?) (mukabbiru) (Attinger,
Eléments 510ff.)
gal - zu to be very wise, all-knowing, able
gal4-la vulva
gal5-lá (or galla) constable (Ur III) (cf. Civil "prosecutor,"
AV Hallo 74, rare after Ur III); a demonic bailiff
of the netherworld (post-Ur III)
gal5-lá-gal chief constable (Ur III)
gala (cultic) hymn/lamentation singer, temple liturgist
GALAM → sukud
(ĝiš) galam, ga-lam stair, step (of a ladder) (Heimpel,
CUSAS 5, 176) (nakbasu); ladder, staircase
(Steinkeller, AV Biggs 227 n. 20) (simmiltu) Cf. kun4-5
galam to (make) rise in stages, steps
galam(-ma), ga-lam(-ma) artfully wrought/fashioned,
artful, clever, skillful (naklu); stepped, storied
(mountains) (Steinkeller, AV Biggs 227 n. 20)
galam-kad3/5 artfully wrought, well formed
galla → gal5-lá
gam → gurum
gàm handle (of a knife), hilt
gan-tuš resident, tenant (waššābu)
gána field area, agricultural tract, (cultivated) ground
or land (Powell, JCS 25, 178-184)
GANA2 → a-šà(g), iku, kár
ganam4 ewe, sheep (cf. u8) (Civil, AV Biggs 18)
ganzir(IGI.KUR.ZA) (netherworld entrance) (Katz,
AV Klein 191-193)
gàr - dar to subdue, overcome
garadin (karadin) sheaf (kurullu) (MSL 14, 50; MSL
9, 117)
gáraš(KI.KAL.BAD) disaster, catastrophe in kagáraš-a
mouth/opening of catastrophe (poetic) (Civil,
AV Biggs 19) (pî karašîm)
gašam expert, master craftsman, artisan, wise person;
master, mistress
gaz to crush; to smite, slaughter, kill (Read nàĝa in
some meanings; see also gum.)
giš gaz ( read giš nàĝa at least for OS) mortar
gazi wild licorice (Steinkeller, AOS 68, 92; Heimpel,
CUSAS 5, 214); previously cassia(?) (kasû)
ge(n) → gi(n)
géme (OS var. gan) (dependent) woman; female slave,
servant, worker (Gelb, AV Diakonoff 91-93)
géme-àr-àr female miller (some read géme-kíkken)
géšpu, gešba strength; fight, wrestling match
(Sallaberger, Der kultische Kalender I 178 n. 838)
gi reed; measuring-reed, "rod" (a length measure = 6
kùš = ca. 2.5 meters) (Waetzoldt, BSA 6, 125-146)
gi(n), ge(n) to be firm, stable, secure, true; to make
firm, confirm, prove, verify, certify, guarantee; to
standardize (weights or measures)
gi(n), gi-na right, true, truthful; firm, secure; n. gi-na
regular dues (Sjöberg, AV Limet 127)
gi-di(-da) reed flute (player); cf. lú-gi-di-da flutist
gi-diš-ninda(n) measuring-reed of one nindan length
(one gi is normally 1/2 nindan in length)
gi-dù-a reed fence (surrounding fields, Ur III)
gi (ér-ra) - du11 to play the flute/oboe (of lamentation)
(Attinger, Eléments 514-516)
gi-dub-ba (reed) stylus
gi-dur umbilical cord
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