ūmum
Akkadian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Semitic *yawm- (“day”). Cognate with Arabic يَوْم (yawm) and Biblical Hebrew יוֹם (yom).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /ˈuː.mum/
Noun
[edit]ūmum m (construct state ūm or ūmi, plural ūmū m or ūmātum f)
- day, daytime (from sunrise to sunset)
- day (from midnight to the following midnight)
- (in the plural) period, time, lifetime
- 𒄿𒈾 𒆷𒀀 𒌓𒈪𒋗 [ina lā ūmīšu] ― i-na la-a UD-mi-šu ― at the wrong time
Alternative forms
[edit]- ūmu (non-mimated form)
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