būdum

Akkadian

Etymology

Cognate with Eblaite 𒅤𒌈 (pu₃-tum /⁠butum, budum⁠/, “shoulders, the totality of the region between the two”), and compare also Arabic بَدَن (badan, “torso”).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ˈbuː.dum/

Noun

būdum f (construct state būd or būdi, dual būdān) (Old Akkadian, Babylonian)

1. shoulder (region between shoulders including the neck of both humans and animals)

   Synonym: (of animals) imittum

Alternative forms

• būdu (non-mimated)
• pūdum, pūdu

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒋞 (MURGU, MUR₇)	𒁍𒁺𒌝 (bu-du-um) 𒁍𒌑𒁺 (bu-u₂-du)

See also

• 𒇿 (pagrum, “body”)

References

• “būdum”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎^[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
• Huehnergard, John (2011) A Grammar of Akkadian (Harvard Semitic Studies; 45), 3rd edition, Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns
• Agmon, Noam & Bloch, Yigal. (2013). Statistics of Language Morphology Change: From Biconsonantal Hunters to Triconsonantal Farmers.