𒁉

𒁉 U+12049, 𒁉 CUNEIFORM SIGN BI ← 𒁈 [U+12048] Cuneiform 𒁊 → [U+1204A]

Translingual

Alternative forms

• 𒑙

Cuneiform sign

𒁉	Sign Number
MZL	358
Deimel	214
HZL	153

References

• R. Borger, Mesopotamisches Zeichenlexikon (MZL), Münster (2003)
• A. Deimel, Šumerisches Lexikon (Deimel), Rome (1947)
• Chr. Rüster, E. Neu, Hethitisches Zeichenlexikon (HZL), Wiesbaden (1989)

Akkadian

Sign values

Sign	𒁉
Sumerograms	BE₂, BI, KAŠ
Phonetic values	be₂/pe₂, bi/pi₂, kaš

Etymology 1

Orthographic borrowing from Sumerian 𒁉 (be, “its”)

Logogram

𒁉 • (BI)

1. Sumerogram of šū (“he, it”)
2. (after a logogram) Sumerogram of šuāti (“him/it, that”)

Etymology 2

Orthographic borrowing from Sumerian 𒁉 (kaš, “beer”).

Logogram

𒁉 • (KAŠ)

1. Sumerogram of šikarum (“beer”)

Sumerian

Etymology 1

Alternative forms of /be/
𒉿 (be₆)

Determiner

𒁉 • (bi, be₂ /be/)

1. (enclitic) this (near to the speaker)

Inflection

• 𒁀 (ba /⁠bâ⁠/, “in this”) (locative case)
• 𒁀 (ba /⁠bâk⁠/, “of this”) (genitive case)

Related terms

• 𒆠𒁀 (ki-ba /⁠kibâ⁠/)
• 𒆠𒌓𒁀 (ki-ud-ba /⁠ki'udbâ⁠/)
• 𒌓𒁀 (ud-ba /⁠udbâ⁠/)

 

Etymology 2

Pronoun

𒁉 • (bi, be₂ /be/)

1. (enclitic) its (third-person non-human possessive pronoun)

Usage notes

• The /e/ of 𒁉 (bi, be₂ /⁠be⁠/) contracts with the vowel of 1) the genitive case marker /ak/ and 2) the locative case marker /a/:
  1. 𒊺𒉻𒁀 ― še šukur₂-ba /še šukuřbâk/ ― the barley of their subsistence allotment
  2. 𒂍𒁀 ― e₂-ba /ēbâ/ ― into its house

Inflection

• 𒁀 (ba /⁠bâk⁠/, “of its”) (genitive case)
• 𒁀 (ba /⁠bâ⁠/, “in/into its”) (locative case)

See also

Sumerian possessive pronouns
		singular	plural
1st singular		𒈬 g̃u	𒈨 mē
2nd singular		𒍪 zu	𒍪𒉈𒉈 zunēnē
3rd singular	hum.	𒀀𒉌 ane	𒀀𒉈𒉈 anēnē
	nhum.	𒁉 be

Etymology 3

Alternative forms of /kaš/
𒆜 (kaš₂)

Noun

𒁉 • (kaš)

1. beer

   Synonym: 𒁷 (kurun₂ /⁠kurun⁠/)

2. alcoholic drink

References

• “𒁉 (kaš)” in ePSD2
• Jagersma, Bram (2010) A Descriptive Grammar of Sumerian‎^[1] (doctoral thesis), pages 212-214