Elementary Sumerian Glossary

ninbar/, /nimmar/. Civil, AuOr 5, 28f. + n. 25, reads
giš nimbar.
nimgir → niĝir
nimin, nin5 forty (Edzard, AV Klein 105)
nin lady, queen, mistress; sister (Pre-Sarg. for later
nin9) For meaning in male divine names see Heimpel,
AV Jacobsen II (2002) 155-160. Marchesi, Or 73
(2004) 186-9, distinguishes ereš "lady, queen" vs. nin
"mistress, proprietess." (ES ga-ša-an, also ù-mu-un in
male gods' names, e.g. Nanše B iv 20)
nin-diĝir → ereš-diĝir
d nin-ĝír-su(-k) chief god of the Lagaš state
d nin-hur-saĝ-ĝá the creative mother goddess, goddess
of birth-giving, patron goddess of Kèš
d nin-ka5/(LUL), d nin-ka6(PÉŠ) mongoose, rodent(?)
(> šikkû) (Veldhuis, JCS 54 [2002] 67-9)
d
nin-kilim(PÉŠ) (a goddess) (Veldhuis, JCS 54 [2002]
67-9)
d nin-líl consort of Enlil the patron god of Nippur
d nin-nínna mušen (a kind of harrier) (see Veldhuis,
Education 272-275 for writing variants)
dnin-tu(d)
the creative mother goddess, goddess of
birth-giving
d nin-urta(-k) weather and farmer god, son of Enlil
nin9 sister (this sign is distinguished from the sign nin
only after OS)
NINA ki (now being read niĝinx ki based on Proto-Ea
288)
ninda bread, food
nínda breed bull; seed funnel of the seeder plow
nindaba → niĝdaba
nindan(NINDA), nindanx(NINDA.DU) (a length
measure = 2 gi = 12 kùš = ca. 5.94 meters) (cf. gi-dišninda(n)
measuring-rod 1 n. long)
ninkum → enkum
ninnu fifty (Edzard, AV Klein 106, reads final vowel
as long: /ninnū/)
nir trust; sovereignty, authority, noblity (?); (vault,
arch?)
nir(-ra) clean (grain) (Civil, Farmer's Instructions p.
95)
NIR-da → šer7-da
nir - ĝál to trust, have confidence in (-a), rely upon
nir-ĝál sovereign, noble, princely one; trust(worthy)
nir-ĝál-bé (ES še-er-ma-al-bé) proudly (etelliš)
na4 nir7(ZA.MIR) chalcedony
d nisaba (or nidaba) goddess of reed and writing
nisi(g)(SAR) vegetable; greenery, vegetation; (postdeterminative
for garden vegetables). Cf. lú-nisi-ga
"vegetable gardener" YOS 18, 115 iii 24; lú-nisi in
Presargonic Lagaš texts
niš twenty (Edzard, AV Klein 104f.)
nita(h), níta(h) male, man (Gelb, AV Diakonoff 82-
84)
NITA.GA → bunga
nitadam → ĝitlam
nu not to be (in limited use as a finite verb)
nu- (old by-form of lú which begins a handful of
compound nouns)
nu-bànda inspector, overseer; lieutenant
nu-bar (a kind of priestess) (kulmašītum)
d nu-dím-mud (a by-name of Enki)
nu-èš(-k) (a priest in the cult of Nippur)
(> nêšakku) (Steinkeller, Sales Documents 226)
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