Elementary Sumerian Glossary

ná, giš ná → nú, giš nú
na4 precious stone (cf. na)
na4-àr grinding slab (Ur III) (some read na4-kikkin)
(but cf. Civil, AuOr Suppl. 22, 132)
na4-šu(-k) stone hammer, pounder (Civil, AuOr Suppl.
22, 132f.)
na8 → naĝ
naĝ to drink, give to drink (reduplicated na8-na8)
naĝ-ku5 a side pond or water reservoir for flood
control (Civil, Farmer's Instructions p. 133f.)
naĝa alkali-plant, soda; soap
naĝa-si-è sprouted alkali-plant
nàĝa, naĝa4 to grind, mill (cf. gaz, gum)
giš
nàĝa mortar, hand-mill (OS, cf. Selz, FAOS 15/2
557)
nagar carpenter (Civil, AV Biggs 20) (naggāru)
nam being, state, "that which is" (Krecher, ASJ 9, 86);
fate (Zgoll, AOAT 246, 378f.) Cf. also nam-bi-šè
because of this; nam NOUN-ak-šè because of
something; nam-ĝu10 "what is it to me?" (ironic)
nam-, nám- (abstract noun formative)
nam-árad slavery
nam-dag → nam-tag
nam-du10-sa companionship, friendship
nam-dumu children (collective), childhood (abstract)
nam-érim (assertory) oath; evil
nam-érim - ku5 to swear a (declamatory, assertory)
oath (perhaps strengthened with a curse) (Sallaberger,
AV Sigrist 159ff.)
nam-ga-eš8 (foreign) trade
nam-gal greatness
nam-ĝuruš young men (collective); young manhood
(abstract)
nam-kal-ga strength, might
nam - ku5 to curse
nam-lú-u18-lu, nam-lú-ùlu humanity, human beings,
people, population
nam-lugal kingship
nam-mah greatness, majesty
nam-nar musician's craft, musicianship; music
nam-nin queenship
nam-nir-ĝál authority, sovereignty, royalty
nam-ra(-ak) booty, plunder
nam-šeš brotherhood, fraternity
nam-šita (a prayer or rite)
nam-šub incantation
nam-šul valorous youth(fulness)
nam-tag, nam-dag evil deed, sin, guilt
nam - tar to decide fate, determine destiny Cf. older
syntax nam-šè - tar to decide as a fate
nam-tar fate, destiny
nam-ti(l), nam-ti-il life
nam-úš death
nam-zu knowledge, wisdom
d nanna(r) the moon god, patron of Ur
nar musician
ne → nè
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