lišānum

Akkadian

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *lišān- (“tongue”). Cognate with Arabic لِسَان (lisān) and Biblical Hebrew לָשׁוֹן (lɔšón).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /liˈʃaː.num/

Noun

lišānum f (plural lišānātum)

1. tongue
2. language
3. statement, report, wording

Alternative forms

• lišānu (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒅴 (EME)	𒇷𒊭𒉡𒌝 (li-ša-nu-um) 𒇷𒊭𒀀𒉡 (li-ša-a-nu) 𒇷𒃻𒉡 (li-ša₂-nu)

Related terms

• bēl lišānim (“one who knows a foreign language”)

 

References

• “lišānu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎^[1], volume 9, L, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1973