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Translingual
[edit]Cuneiform sign
[edit]𒂊 | Sign Number | |
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MZL | 498 | |
Deimel | 308 | |
HZL | 187 |
References
[edit]- R. Borger, Mesopotamisches Zeichenlexikon (MZL), Münster (2003)
- A. Deimel, Šumerisches Lexikon (Deimel), Rome (1947)
- Chr. Rüster, E. Neu, Hethitisches Zeichenlexikon (HZL), Wiesbaden (1989)
Akkadian
[edit]Sign values
[edit]Sign | 𒂊 |
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Sumerograms | E |
Phonetic values | e |
Etymology
[edit]Orthographic borrowing from Sumerian 𒂊 (eg₂, “levee”).
Logogram
[edit]𒂊 • (E)
- Sumerogram of īkum (“dyke, ditch”)
Sumerian
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Interjection
[edit]𒂊 • (e)
- (vocative interjection) hey
Etymology 2
[edit]Alternative forms of /eg/ |
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𒀀 (e₄) |
Noun
[edit]𒂊 • (eg₂, e /eg/)
- levee, irrigation ditch, embankment (a broad earthen wall which accommodated a ditch or small canal running along its top)[1]
Descendants
[edit]- → Akkadian: 𒂊 (īkum)
Etymology 3
[edit]Verb
[edit]𒂊 • (e)
- perfective plural and imperfective stem of 𒅗 (du₁₁, dug₄ /dug/, “to speak”)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Steinkeller, JAOS 115 (1995), 543
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