Elementary Sumerian Glossary

gù - du11 to make noise, give voice, cry out; to chant
(Attinger, Eléments 526-536)
gù - dúb to shout, cry, scream
gù - è to emit a cry, sound; to roar
gù-nun - du11 to make a loud noise, to cry out loudly
gù-nun-di (that which is) making a loud noise
gù - ra(h) to roar, yell, cry out (šasû)
gù - šúm to repeat, echo
gu4 ku6 marsh-carp (arsuppu) (better eštub ku6 ?)
gu4(dr), gud(r) bull, ox; cattle
gu4-alim bison bull
gu4-ĝiš yoked ox, work-ox (OB and later: ox older than
3 years)
gu4-si-dili battering-ram (Sjöberg, AV Klein 296)
gu7 (conventionally read kú) to eat; to have the use of;
to consume (by some means)
gu4-ud to jump, dance
gub to stand, stand open, make stand, station; to erect,
plant; to serve, be on duty, assist; in phrases igi
PN+ak+a - gub, igi-PRO+a - gub to be at someone's
disposal, service. Plural forms: su8(g), šu4(g)
(Thomsen, Sumerian Language p. 134)
gúb(LI)-ba pure (ellu) (Yuhong, NABU 1990/3, 86);
cf. a-gúb-ba lustration water, holy water
gùb(-bu), gùbu, gáb, ga-ba left, left side (cf. á-gùbbu)
gud(r) → gu4(dr)
gùd nest
gùd - ús to build a nest
gudu4(g) (an ordinary kind of priest) (the older rdg.
gúda is still seen) (pašīšu)
na4 gug carnelian
gúg sweet cake
gukkal fat-tailed sheep (< *kun-gal) (Steinkeller, BSA
8, 51)
gul, gu-ul to destroy
gul, gu-ul to add, augment, make great(er) (verbal byform
of gal)
GUL.BU (a tree and its wood; some connect with Akk.
dulbu plane tree) (Powell, BSA 6, 112f.)
gum, kum (read naĝx/naĝa4 in some meanings) to
crush, pulverize, smash, beat to pieces (cf. gaz)
gùn, gùnu to be dappled, spotted, mottled,
(multi)colored, colorful, decorated with colorful
materials (cf. še-gu-nu) Sign is REC 34. See
Steinkeller, BSA 8, 68 n. 103 for the gùn/dar vs. si4
sign contrast.)
gùn, gùn-na, gùn-gùn (multi)colored, dappled
variegated, speckled
gur, gur4 to turn, go around; to turn away; to return; to
roll
gur → gur4
gur "kor" (a capacity measure = 30 bán = 300 silà =
ca. 250 liters in Ur III and OB)
gur-saĝ-ĝál (a Lagash I capacity measure = 4 ul = 144
silà = ca. 121 liters)
gúr → gam
gùr to bear, carry; to be clad with
gur4, kur4, gur to be thick, enlarged, swollen; to be
proud, (self-)important; to fatten (animals)
gur4(-ra) fat, fattened; proud
gur4 → gur
gur4-gur4, gur8-gur8 amphora (for beer) (Steinkeller,
Third-Millennium Texts p. 53f.; Powell, RLA 7, 506f.;
Selz, FAOS 15/2, 405)
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