Šumerum

Akkadian

Etymology

Unknown. Compare Biblical Hebrew שִׁנְעָר (šinʕɔ́r) and its listed cognates.

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ˈʃu.me.rum/

Proper noun

Šumerum ? (Old Babylonian)

1. Sumer

Alternative forms

• Šumeru (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒆳𒅴𒂠𒆠 (KUR.EME.GI₇.KI) 𒆠𒂗𒄀 (KI.EN.GI) 𒆠𒅔𒄀 (KI.IN.GI)	𒋗𒈨𒀸 (šu-me-rum)

Proper noun

Šumerum m (Standard Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian)

1. Sumerian (language)

   𒅴𒂠 𒀀𒄩𒍪𒌝 ― EME.GI₇ a-ḫa-zu-um /Šumeram aḫāzum/ ― to learn Sumerian

   𒇷𒊭𒀭 𒋗𒈨𒊑𒅎 𒋫𒄠𒅆𒅋 𒀝𒅗𒁲𒅎 𒂊𒁺𒌝

   li-ša-an šu-me-ri-im ta-am-ši-il ak-ka-di-im e-du-um

   /lišān Šumerim tamšīl Akkadîm edûm/

   to know the Akkadian counterpart of the Sumerian

Alternative forms

• Šumeru (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒅴𒂠 (EME.GI₇)	𒋗𒈨𒀸 (šu-me-ru)

Derived terms

• šumerû (Sumerian, of Sumer)

 

References

• “šumeru”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎^[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
• Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “Šumeru(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
• Miller, Douglas B., Shipp, R. Mark (2014) An Akkadian Handbook, 2nd edition, Eisenbrauns