Elementary Sumerian Glossary

mu(-šè) - sar to write by name, inscribe
mu-sar-ra inscription
mu-tuku famous, renowned
mu-ud-na → ĝitlam
mú to grow; to ignite; to incite (Auslaut may be /r/ or
/dr/; cf. OS munu8-mú(d) maltster)
mu4(r) to clothe oneself, dress, wear; to use, take, give
as clothing or as cloth covering
mu7, mu7-mu7 incantation
mud blood
mud to create, engender, sire
mud5-me-ĝar joy, rejoicing (rīšātu)
muhaldim (muhaltim) cook, kitchen chief
(nuhatimmu) (See Sjöberg, AV Limet 131f. for
extended discussion.)
mul star, constellation
mul to shine, sparkle, glitter; to be radiant, radiate; to
spread (branches, Urnamma EF 34), flower(?)
mun n. salt; adj. salty
munu8, munu3/4 malt
munu8-mú(d) maltster
munus woman, female (some read mí in certain
contexts, but its relationship to munus is unclear)
mur lung(s); breast
mur-gu4 fodder (imrû)
murgu back, backbone; shoulder
muru9(IM.DUGUD) cloud
murub4 middle (part), midsection; midst
muš snake, serpent
muš-ĝír "dagger-snake" or "scorpion-snake" (a
mythical or literary serpent)
muš-huš fierce snake (a mythical or literary serpent,
later a symbol of Marduk) (mušhuššu)
múš - búr to loosen the hairdo, let free the hair
mùš, múš countenance, appearance, aspect; halo, aura;
(a kind of crown)
muš1-3 - túm to cease, have an end, stop (work)
(Wilcke, Lugalbandaepos p. 130f.)
mušen bird
mušen-dù birdcatcher, fowler
N
na stone, boulder (cf. na4)
-na → a5
na-an-na besides
na-dè(IZI), na-de5 incense (qutrīnu) (Veldhuis, CDLI:
CDLN 2003:003)
na - de5(g) a) to clarify, explain, instruct, advise; b) to
purify (elēlu); c) to clear away/out, separate (animals
from herds, especially dead animals); d) to clear out,
cut (timber) See most recently Sallaberger, AV Klein
229-253; also Klein, AV Kutscher XVff.; Civil, AV
Hallo 74. Many still read the verb conventionally as
ri(g); Selz, ASJ 17, 260-262, reads /dri/. See also
de5(g).
na-gada herdsman, shepherd
na-ma-su → nu-mu-su
na-me someone, anyone; no one, nothing, none
(usually ellipsis for lú-na-me or nì-na-me); cf. ki-name-šè
to no other place, u4-na-me never
na - rú(DÙ) to erect a stele (read perhaps drú)
na-rú-a stele (some now read na-dù-a despite the Akk.
loanword narû)
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