gunû

Akkadian

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ɡuˈnuː/

Noun

gunû m

1. word used to describe a sign that is expanded with a variable number of either vertical, horizontal, or slanted lines, or an equally variable number of triangles. For example the sign 𒀕 is described as 𒀊𒄖𒉡𒌑 (AB-gunû), 𒋤 as 𒁍𒄖𒉡𒌑 (BU-gunû) , 𒁼 as 𒁺𒄖𒉡𒌑 (DU-gunû), etc.

Cuneiform spellings

Phonetic
𒄖𒉡𒌑 (gu-nu-u₂) 𒄖𒉡𒌋 (gu-nu-u) 𒄖𒉡 (gu-nu)

References

• Miller, Douglas B., Shipp, R. Mark (2014) An Akkadian Handbook, 2nd edition, Eisenbrauns, page 186
• Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts