Elementary Sumerian Glossary

giš taskarin boxwood
(uzu) te cheek
te(ĝ) (imperf.), ti (perf.) to approach (cf. Thomsen,
Sumerian Language p. 114f.)
te(n), te-en (redupl. te-en-te) to cool; to soothe,
assuage; to extinguish (a fire); to annihilate
te-en cool, cold; te-te-en very cool (Sjöberg, AV
Jacobsen (2002) 232; root was originally te-me-en like
sun/sumun)
te-eš → téš
TE.ME → ní-te
temen, te-me(-n) foundation, perimeter (originally the
pegs which mark out the foundation plot; see Dunham,
RA 80, 31-64) (Civil, AV Biggs 27) (temennu)
temen - si(g) to lay a foundation (originally to sink the
pegs marking out the foundation)
téš modesty, shame; vigor, pride; (a euphemism for
vulva) (cf. téš nu-zu shameless (person))
téš, te-eš unity, oneness; each one, one another
(connect with diš one)
téš-a, téš-ba, téš-ta together, as one
téš-a sè-ga(-bé) put together as one, acting in unity
téš-bé, téš-bi-šè as one, all together
téš-bé - gu7 → UR-bé - gu7
téš - du11 to shout together, roar(?)
ti(l), ti-il to live, be alive; to dwell (the plural root is
sig7/se12 (Steinkeller, SEL 1, 5ff.; Thomsen, Sumerian
Language p. 135)
ti → te(ĝ)
uzu ti(-ti) rib(s)
(giš) ti arrow
ti-gi4-lu mušen , ti-gid2 mušen -lú (Gudea) (a bird) (Civil,
NABU 1987/48; Veldhuis, Education 187; Bauer, AV
Klein 19-22) For the related musical instrument see
tigidlu.
ti-la alive, living, while alive
ti - bal turn sideways, onto the side
giš ti-zú barbed arrow(?), arrow point(?)
tibir, tíbir fist (Civil, AV Biggs 27) (upnu)
tibir - ra to slap
tibira (dibira) metal and wood craftsman (also
involved in the making of statues). Wr. DUB.NAGAR
through Ur III, then URUDU.NAGAR in OB.
(Steinkeller, Sale Documents 176; Sjöberg, AV Limet
127f.) (gurgurru)
tigi (a kind of drum); (an OB hymn type, a hymn of
praise consisting minimally of sagida and saĝara
sections)
giš tigidlu/a(ŠA3.TAR or DI.TAR) (a musical
instrument named after a bird) (Civil, NABU 1987/48;
Veldhuis, Education 187) (see ti-gi4-lu mušen )
til to be finished, ended, completed; to finish off, bring
to an end
tílla crossroads, town square, marketplace
tin wine (Badler, BaM 27 (1996) 42, has determined
that a residue in an excavated pot is that of a "grape
liquid, most probably wine," suggesting that wine was
indeed known in Mesopotamia.)
(giš) tir forest, (riverine) grove
d tir-an-na rainbow
titab cooked beer mash
tu mušen dove, pigeon
tu(d), ù-tu(d) to be born, begotten; to give birth,
engender, beget; to form, create (statues) (some now
read (ù-)dú)
tu(r) (tur5) to be sick; adj. tu-ra
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