qimmatum

Akkadian

Root
q-m-m
1 term

Etymology

Compare Arabic قِمَّة (qimma, “top, peak”) and Tigre ጋሜ (gamme, “frontlet, headband”).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ˈqim.ma.tum/

Noun

qimmatum f (plural qimmātum) (Boghazkeui, Middle Assyrian, Standard Babylonian)

1. hair (of the head), tuft, plume
2. crown, top (of a tree or plant)
3. (figurative) top
   1. decorative element of a building, column or other architectural element
   2. part of the disk of the moon

Alternative forms

• qimmatu (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒋦 (SUḪUR)	𒆠𒅎𒈠𒌈 (qi₂-im-ma-tum)

References

• “qimmatu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎^[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011