Elementary Sumerian Glossary

sud → sù(dr)
d suen(EN.ZU) one of the two names of the moon god
(cf. d nanna), patron of the city Ur
sug (reed) marsh
sug-ge - gu7 to be obliterated, destroyed (lit.
"consumed by the marsh")
suh, suh5 to tear, rip, pluck out; to select, choose
(nasāqu)
suh-(h)a, suh5-ha selected, select, first quality; elite
(troops)
sùh to be confused, blurred, tangled, in disorder, in
disarray; to be dangerous
sùh-sah4 - za to make a crunching sound (an
onomatopoetic construction; see M. Civil, JCS 20,
117ff.; Black, AV Wilcke 35ff.)
kuš súhub boot, shoe
suhur (a feature or style of hair)
suhur ku6 (a kind of carp)
suhuš sole of the foot; base, foundation
sukkal vizier, chancellor; envoy, messenger
(Wiggermann, ZA 78 (1988) 225ff.)
sukud(r) to be (piled) high, towering
sukud(r), sukud-rá/da adj. high, towering; n. height
(túg) suluhu(SÍG.SÙ) "long fleece," a kind of sheep and
fleece, also a kind of garment made from its wool
sum to give (older reading, now replaced by → šúm)
sum garlic (ePSD now reads šúm) (šūmū) (Stol, BSA
3, 57-59)
sum-sikil onion, shallot (šamaškillu) (Stol, BSA 3, 59-
62)
sumun (suĝun), sun (to be) old
sún, ú-sún, súmun wild cow
sun5, sun5-na humble (probably a by-form of du9(n))
sun7(KAL) to be harsh(?), vain(?)
sur to press out (liquids), squeeze, extract; to plait,
twist together (rope); to wipe away; to oppress,
suppress; to draw a boundary, mark off, demarcate,
delimit, divide
súr, šúr, sumur furious, fear-inspiring
súr-dù mušen falcon (surdû)
súr → zi(r)
súr-dù mušen falcon (surdû)
sùr, sur ditch, trough
surx(ÉRIN) team; workers, work-gang, troop (OS)
(see Steinkeller, NABU 1990/12; Selz, UGASL 43 n.
178) Cf. érin
Š
-ša (a suffix occurring with the fractions 1/3 and 2/3 in
older texts)
šà(g) (šag4) heart, inside, interior, middle; womb;
meaning
šà - bal to breed
šà-bal-bal-a progeny; generation
šà - dab5 to feel hurt, be worried
šà - du10 to gladden the heart (Sefati, Love Songs 358)
šà-du10 young (of humans and animals), infant
šà-gal fodder; food (ukullû)
šà-ĝar → šaĝar
šà-ge - du11 to say to oneself, say inwardly
šà-ge-guru6-7 one's heart's desire
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