musukkannum

Akkadian

Etymology

Possibly from Sumerian 𒄑𒈩𒈣𒃶𒈾 (^g̃ešmes-ma₂-gan-na /⁠mesmaganak⁠/, “a kind of tree”, literally “mes tree from (the region of) Magan”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

musukkannum m (plural musukkannū)

1. a musukkannu tree (a type of tree and its wood imported from the East)

Alternative forms

• musukkannu (non-mimated)
• mesukannu, meskannu, mismakannu, usukannu

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒄑𒈩𒈣𒃶𒈾 (gišMA₂.GAN.NA)	𒈬𒋢𒅗𒉡 (mu-su-ka-nu)