Elementary Sumerian Glossary

Z
za (precious) stone
za An old auxiliary verb appearing in the dub-dab5 -
za onomatopoetic constructions, for which see Civil,
JCS 20, 119ff.; Römer, SKIZ 182f.; Black, AV Wilcke
35ff. Cavigneaux, ASJ 9, 50, suggests za = ša4 =
ša5(AK). Bauer, AoN 19, 7, suggests "tönen" or the
like.
za-am-za-am (a musical instrument)
giš za-ba-lum (a variety of juniper?)
za-dím, zadim lapidary
na4 za-gìn lapis lazuli (uqnû)
za-gìn blue; lustrous, bright, shining, pure; (said of the
beard, see Sefati, Love Songs 276f.) (ellu, namru)
za-lam(-ĝar) tent
za-pa-áĝ voice, sound; tumult; throat (cf. zi-pa-áĝ)
giš za-ra pivot stone or cap, door socket
ZA-tenû → ad4
zà(g) (zag) (right) side, shoulder; (outer) edge,
outskirts; border, frontier; end, limit
zà(g) owner's mark, emblem (cf. zà - šú)
zà(-ĝar-ra) shrine
zà - dib to pass in front, go at the fore
zà-du8 threshold
zà-gal, zà-gu-la seat of honor
zà-hi-li nisi conventionally "cress," but Civil, AuOr 5,
30f. translates "(a prickly plant)" and Ferwada, Isin 43
translates "(seed of) Vicia ervilia," i.e. bitter vetch
zà - kéš to bind, fasten, gird on (garments, weapons)
giš zà-mí lyre (or perhaps harp; see Lawergren &
Gurney, Iraq 49, 40ff.)
zà-mí/me praise; (an OB hymn type, a hymn of praise)
zà-mí - du11 to say/sing the praises of (Attinger,
Eléments 755-761)
zà-mu(-k) end of the year, New Year
zà-še strong thighs, running ability
zà - šú/šu4 to apply an owner's mark; to brand (Foxvog,
ZA 85, 1-3)
urudu zà-šú branding-iron
zà - tag to push away, shove aside, reject; to
overwhelm, overthrow
zabar, zàbar (OS) bronze (Reiter, AOAT 249, 288ff.);
bronze vessel, bronze-ware, bronzes; mirror
(Steinkeller, ASJ 9, 347-49)
zabar-dab5 (a powerful royal official) (Charpin,
Clergé d'Ur 236-240; Sallaberger, Der Kultischer
Kalender I 211 n. 997; 231 n. 1103 "etwa oberster
Mundschenk")
zabar-šu hand-mirror (Steinkeller, ASJ 9, 347-49)
zadim → za-dím
záh, zàh v. to flee, escape; n. fugitive
zal to flow; to melt; to pass (time)
zalag (reduplicated zazalag) (to be) pure, shining,
bright
zapah(ŠU.BAD) palm of the hand; span (= ½ kùš =
ca. 9 3/4 inches) (Civil, AV Biggs 23) (ūţu)
zar, zàr (hay)stack, sheaves; heap, mound (Civil,
Farmer's Instructions p. 91f.)
zar(-re-eš) - tab to gather up or pile (grain stalks) into
stacks
zar-re-eš - tál to lay out (grain stalks) in stacks
zé(-er) → zi(-ir), bu(r)
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