šumēlum
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Akkadian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Semitic *šamʔāl- (“left hand/side”). Cognate with Arabic شِمَال (šimāl) and Biblical Hebrew שְׂמֹאל (śəmoʔl).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /ʃuˈmeː.lum/
Noun
[edit]šumēlum m (from Old Babylonian on)
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[edit]References
[edit]- “šumēlu”, 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) “šumēlu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag