Elementary Sumerian Glossary

u4(d) (ud) day, daylight; storm; time; time of death (as
in the phrase u4-da-ni nu-me-a "before his time"); at
the time of, when (in verbal clauses of the form u4
CLAUSE-a-CASE or in (pronominal) phrases of the form
u4-(PRONOUN)-CASE)
u4-ba then, at this/that time; formerly
u4-bar7 midday
u4-bi-ta since, after that time; as nominalized phrase:
earlier days, former time, days gone by
u4-buru14(-ka) (at) harvest time
u4-da on the day, when, whenever, if; today; daily
u4-dè-eš like the daylight
u4-è sunrise, east (perhaps to be read utu-è in contexts
with a variant d utu-è, cf. Sjöberg, AV Wilcke 260)
u4-kúr-šè at a different time, in the future (OB legal)
u4-nú(-a) day of the disappearance of the moon
U4. d NANNA → iti6
u4-sakar(SAR) crescent (of the moon); day of the first
visibility of the new moon, beginning of the month.
Perhaps to be pronounced [uskar]; cf. the Akk. loan
uskāru.
u4/ù-sar - a5 to sharpen, make pointed (previously read
u4-sakar, but see Civil, JNES 43 (1984) 284; Cooper,
Curse of Agade p. 245f.) (šêlu)
u4-sud-rá/da distant (future) days, long time;
cf. u4-sud-rá-aš/šè unto distant days, forever
u4-šú sunset; u4-šú-uš daily
u4-tu(-ud)-da day of birth
u4-ul-lí-a, u4-ul-la in olden times, in days of old (cf.
Akk. ullû)
u4-ul-lí-a-aš unto distant (future) days, forever
u4 - zal to pass, said of time; to spend, pass the time (in
some activity); let the time pass, waste time, be late
u4-zal-le(-da) (at) daybreak, dawn, morning (cf. á-u4zal-le)
u5 mušen wild goose (the iconic bird of Nanše)
(Veldhuis, Education 294f.)
u5 to mount, board; to ride on; to transport
u5 superstructure; cabin (of a boat); high-water (mark)
u5-bí mušen (a bird)
u6(g) awe, awesome vision, sight
u6-ga awesome, awe inspiring
u6-di, ù-di awe, amazement, astonishment, wonder,
marvel; daze, stupor (cf. ù-sá)
u6 - du11 to admire, wonder, marvel at, be in awe of; to
provoke, inspire awe (Attinger, Eléments 739-749)
u6-nir, é-u6-nir ziggurat (complex) (ziqqurratu)
(Waetzoldt, AV Klein 329-331)
u8 ewe (see also lahar)
u8(-a) → ù(-a)
u11-ri(2)-in, ùri(n) eagle
u18-lu → ùlu
u18-ru → uru16
ub corner (angle); niche; shrine; room
ub-líl-lá open air shrine (in a wall niche)
ub-šu-ukkin-na assembly (esp. poetic)
kuš ùb (a kind of drum)
ub4 pit, hole (cf. ab)
ubur teat; spout (of a vessel); see also → akan
ud5 → uzud(ÙZ)
udu sheep, ram
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