šūtum

Akkadian

𒅎𒋛𒁲 (ištānum)

Etymology

Unknown

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ˈʃuː.tum/

Noun

šūtum m (from Old Babylonian on, Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian)

1. south
2. south wind

Alternative forms

• šūtu (non-mimated)
• sūtum, sūtu

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒅎𒍇𒇻 (IM.U₁₈.LU, IM.Uₓ(GIŠGAL).LU)	𒋗𒌑𒌈 (šu-u₂-tum) 𒋢𒌑𒌈 (su-u₂-tum) 𒋗𒌋𒌅 (šu-u-tu) 𒋗𒌑𒌓 (šu-u₂-tu₂) (genitive) 𒋗𒌑𒁴 (šu-u₂-tim) (genitive) 𒋗𒌑𒋾 (šu-u₂-ti)

See also

compass points: 𒅎𒎌 (šārū):  ^[edit]

	𒅎𒋛𒁲 (ištānum)
𒅎𒈥𒌅 (amurrum)		𒅎𒆳𒊏 (šadûm)
	𒅎𒍇𒇻 (šūtum)

References

• “šūtu”, 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) “šūtu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag