Elementary Sumerian Glossary

tuš to sit, take a seat; to settle, establish residence; to
dwell, reside, stay, abide The standard grammars state
that forms include: tuš perf. sg.; dúr-ru-u(n) perf. pl.,
imperf. sg. and pl. or durunx(DÚR.DÚR) in
Presargonic Lagash texts (Thomsen, Sumerian
Language p. 135; Edzard, Sumerian Grammar p. 78;
Steinkeller, Or 48 [1979] 55f. n. 6). But it seems more
likely that the distinction is actually tuš sg. vs. dúr(un)
pl. irregardless of aspect. The infinitive, for example,
is (tuš-)tuš-ù-dè.
tuš - ĝar → dúr - ĝar
U
u ten (Edzard, AV Klein 103); "many times" (in
adverbial expressions like u-ta, u-še3, u-am3, see Civil,
Farmer's Instructions p. 70)
U.KID (read šita4 in → á-šita4)
U.UD.KID → ni9-ĝar
ú plant, grass; food; grass-fed, free-range (animal)
ú-a food and drink, sustenance; provider (of a temple
or land, a common royal epithet) (zāninu)
ĝiš ú-bíl-la charcoal (> upillû)
ú-du(l) supervisor of herds, chief shepherd
ú-du11(g) → udug
ú-gu/gù - dé to become lost, disappear; to flee, escape
ú-ma-am animals
ú-rum property (of someone)
ú-sal (riverine) meadow
ú-sal-la - nú to rest contentedly, live in peace, "lie
down in green pastures"
ú-si4-an(-na) dusk, twilight
ú-sig → uzug5
ú - sù(g) to be served food, dine
ú-šim sweet-smelling grasses
ù high ground(?), island(?) (Civil, Farmer's Instructions
p. 132f.)
ù and, also, furthermore, moreover; (as correlative ù ...
ù either...or, neither...nor ) (loan from Akkadian u )
ù sleep
ù(-a), ù-u8-a, u8(-a) Woe! Alas!; lullaby
ù-di → u6-di, ù-sá
ù-gul supplication, plea
ù-gul - ĝar to address a plea, pray
ù - ku(4) to fall asleep, put to sleep (cf. ù-nu-ku
sleeplessness) (Veldhuis, JCS 60, 30)
ù-luh offshoot, (tree) branch; scepter (fig.) (Civil,
Farmer's Instructions p. 105 n. 90 )
ù-luh(-ha) - sù to send out offshoots, branches (Civil,
Farmer's Instructions p. 88f. + p. 105 n. 90 )
ù-ma victory, triumph
ù-mu-un → umun
ù-na ready for battle
ù-na-(a-)du11 letter
ù-nu-ku sleeplessness (Civil, AV Hallo 74)
ù-sá(g) (deep) sleep
ù-sakar/sar → u4-sar
giš
ù-suh5 (a species of pine) (ašūhu) (Powell, BSA 6,
116f.)
ù-sún → sún
giš ù-šub, giš NI-šub brickmould (see Steinkeller, AuOr
2, 139 for the reading of the variant)
ù-tu(d) → tu(d)
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