Elementary Sumerian Glossary

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a, `à water, fluid; semen, seed; offspring, child; father;
watercourse (cf. e)
a Ah! (an interjection) (Attinger, Eléments p. 414)
a-a father
a-a-ugu(4) father who has begotten, one's own true
father, progenitor
a-ab-ba, a-aba (water of the) sea (cf. ab)
a-ab-ba igi-nim Upper Sea, the Mediterranean
a-ab-ba sig Lower Sea, the Persian Gulf
a-ah (or a ah) (Gudea) → uh
a-ba(-a) who, whoever, whom, whose (interrogative
and relative)
a - bal to pour out water, libate, irrigate
a-bul5-la → abul
a-da rivalry, contention, contest, fight (Civil, AuOr 5
(1987) 18 + n. 6; Klein, AV Cagni 568 n. 29))
a-da-ab (an OB hymn rubric, a hymn of praise
consisting minimally of sagida, saĝara and urubi
sections)
a-da-al, a-da-lam now; current, present
a-da-man/mìn contest between two parties, (verbal)
duel, disputation
a-da-man - a5/du11 to hold a contest; to dispute, debate
(Attinger, Eléments 417-422)
a - dé to pour out water; to libate; to freshen (with
water); to flood, be flooded (Civil, Farmer's
Instructions p. 68f., 99)
a-du10 fresh water, sweet water
a - du11 to water, irrigate, flood (Attinger, Eléments
477-484)
a-è-a sudden onrush of water, damburst, flood wave
kus A.EDIN.LÁ → kus ummu3
a-EN-da → a-ru12-da
a-eštub ku6 "carp flood," early(?) flood (Civil, AuOr 15,
52)
a-ga back, rear (of a building), hind quarters; after
a-ga-am, a-ga-àm (etc.) artificial pond or lake for
controlling flood waters (Civil, Farmer's Instructions p.
130f.); (an occupation)
a-ga(-aš)-gi4, (OS àga-gi4) later, (the one) after (Civil,
JNES 43, 286 n. 12; Selz, FAOS 15/1 No. 21 vii 1);
àga-gi4-a-bé later, afterwards
a-gù → A.KA
a-gàr, a-gar agricultural tract, area of field parcels,
irrigation district
a-gar5, a-gàr, a-bár lead (the metal) (Reiter, AOAT
249, 119ff.)
a-gin7 how
a-gúb-ba lustration water, holy water
kuš a-ĝá-lá leather sack
a - ĝar to flood with water; to soak, rinse
a-ĝi6(-a) flood, flood wave
A.KA → ugu, úgu
A.KA-a - ĝar → úgu-a - ĝar
a-la(-la) ululation, expression of joy
a-la → la-la
a-lá (a demon)
a-lù-a roiled, disturbed, cloudy, muddy water
A.LUM → udu-aslumx
a-ma-ru(-k), a-má/mar-ru10/uru5(-k) devastating
flood; the mythical Deluge (see mar-uru5)
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