Elementary Sumerian Glossary

ír → ér
ìr, ir11, arad, árad male slave, servant. (a) Pre-Sarg.
èr/ìr(NÍTA) or ir11(NÍTAxKUR) and àr-dú. (b) Sarg.
àr-dú abandoned in favor of arad(NÍTA) or
árad(NÍTAxKUR). (c) Sarg. and Ur III arad/árad and
ìr/ir11 are all possible. See Gelb, AV Diakonoff 82ff.
(ardu)
ir7(KASKAL) mušen uršānu-dove (Sollberger, AfO
40/41 52f., Ur III Drehem); compare ir7-saĝ mušen wild
pidgeon(?) (PSD A/2 195a)
iri(URU) → uru
irigal (or urugal) netherworld; grave (poetic)
giš ísimu, ìsimu sprout, shoot
iš(i) sand dune (bāşu); (previously: mountain,
mountainous country) (Steinkeller, AV Biggs 219-222)
išib incantation priest (< Akk. āšipu)
d iškur god of rain, patron of Karkara
iti6(UD. d NANNA), ì-ti, i-ti moonlight
itima(-k), itim-ma (or itima ma ) dark chamber,
bedchamber, cella
itu(d) month; itu-da monthly
iz-zi → i-zi
izi fire
izi - bar7 to blaze
izi-bar7-bar7-ra blazing fire
izi-ĝar torch
izi - lá to light a fire; to refine, purify with fire (?)
(Bauer, AfO 40/41, 95) (cf. gi-izi-lá torch)
izi - mú to light a fire
izi - ri to set fire to
izi - sè(g) to set fire to
izi - te(n) to extinguish a fire
K
ka(k), ka(g) mouth; opening; origin, beginning,
inception (see Attinger, ZA 95, 47f. for k/g refs.)
ka-al(-ak) excavation, brickmaking pit (> kalakku)
(Heimpel, JNES 46, 208)
ka-aš(-bar) (divine) decision
ka-aš(-bar) - bar, ga-eš8 - bar, giš - bar to decide,
render a (divine) verdict
ka - ba to open the mouth; to talk, speak (cf. Krecher,
AV Kutscher II 117f.)
ka - du8 to open wide the mouth, roar
ka-guru7(-k) granary superintendant, head grain stores
keeper (Steinkeller, Sale Documents 199f.)
ka-gáraš-a catastrophe, annihilation (pî karašîm)
KA - kéš to put together, collect, muster, organize,
form
KA-kešda group, collection; contingent
ka-mè opening, beginning of battle
ka - si-il to graze
ka-tab lid, cover
KA-tar - si-il to extol, sing the praises of, proclaim the
glory of (for the meaning of the verb compare perhaps
ka-ta-ar-zu he-si-li-im CT 44, 14:33')
ka-téš unity; unified, of one mind
ka-téš-a - sè(g) to unify
ka-téš-a sè-ga unanimous, harmonious
ká(n) gate (read perhaps ákan/kan4; see Attinger ZA
88, 182) (cf. ĝiš-ká-na)
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