Elementary Sumerian Glossary

á - dúb to flap the wings; periphrastic: á-dúb - a5
á - è to rear, bring up, take care of
á-gú-zi-ga early morning, dawn
á-gùb-bu left arm, side; to the left, on the left
á-ĝál mighty, powerful, strong (cf. á-nun-ĝál)
á - ĝar to apply force, overpower
á-ĝi6-ba(-a) at midnight
á-ki-ti (a festival and the temple where it takes place)
á - kúš to tire (the arms) (Attinger, ZA 87, 112)
á-kúš(-ù) adj. tired; n. tiredness; work, labor, toil; ppl.
á-nu-kúš untiring
á - lá to tie the hands, fetter
kuš á-lá (a kind of drum)
á-mè(-k) arm of battle (describing a weapon, poetic)
á-nun(-ĝál) having great power, (most) powerful (cf.
á-ĝál)
á-nam-ur-saĝ heroic arm/strength/weapon (poetic)
á-sàg (a demon); (a source of sickness or death) (>
asakku)
(kuš) á-si (leather) strap; urudu á-si copper hinge (Van de
Mieroop, Crafts 134; Civil, Iraq 23, 162)
á-sìg slingstone
á - sù(dr) to extend the arm(s), spread the wings; to
proceed, march on; to sail
á-še now (anumma)
á-ŠE mušen swan(?) (Landsberger, MSL 8/2 130)
á-šita4(U.KID)(-a) paraphanelia, implements (Civil,
JAOS 88 (1968) 7)
á-šu-ĝìr limbs (lit. "arms, hands, and feet")
á - tuku to have strength, power
á-tuku powerful, strong, able-bodied
á-u4-te-na (at) twilight, (in the) evening (coolness)
á-u4-zal-le daybreak, morning
á-zi-da right arm, side
á-zi(g) high-handed action, violence
á-zi-šè by a violent act, by force
a5(k), ak to do, perform, exercise, act (often as an
auxiliary verb); to make, construct; to make like, make
into. Certain contexts require rdg. aka or kè. It can be
combined with a pronoun in forms such as hé-na, ì-na,
see AV Wilcke 226. For rdg. ša5 perhaps = ša4 = the
aux. verb *za see Cavigneaux, ASJ 9, 49ff.; Urnamma
Hymn B 52 has an Ur III (?) var. ša-ša for OB AK-
AK. For a comprehensive treatment see Attinger, ZA
95, 46-64, 208-275; Powell, AV Diakonoff 314-319.
ab hole, opening, window, roof vent
ab, ab-ba, a-ab-ba, a-aba sea
ab-ba, ábba(ABxÁŠ) old man, elder, wise man;
father; witness
ab-ba-ab-ba grandfather
ab-làl window, opening, pigeon hole
áb cow
áb-za-za (an exotic animal: water buffalo(?), zebu(?))
abgal (apkal) (a cultic profession); (mythical) sage
abrig(NUN.ME.DU) (a cultic profession) (abriqqu)
àbsin, ab-sín furrow
abul(la), a-bul5-la city gate, main gate/entrance
abzu (mythological underground fresh water ocean,
home of the god Enki); (a water-basin shrine in many
Mesopotamian temples)
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