Elementary Sumerian Glossary

nu(-u8)-gig (a kind of consecrated woman, often
associated in some way with birthing) (qadištum,
ištarītum); (conventionally "hierodule" as an epithet of
Inanna) (Emesal mu-gib(GIG), mu-gi17(GIG)-ib)
nu- (giš) kiri6(-k) orchardman, gardener (also with
phonetic indicator in Ur III: nu- ki kiri6, nu-kiri6 ki )
(Steinkeller, Sale Documents 168f.; Powell, ZA 62,
190ff.) Sjöberg, AV Limet 128, argues this is not a
genitive compound, but rather a form */nukarig/; cf.
the g/b alternation in the loan nukaribbu.
nu-mu(-un)-su, nu-ma(-nu)-su, na-ma-su widow
Rdg. is conventional; newest reading is nu-mu(-un)kuš
for which see Cavigneaux, RA 87, 111.
nu-siki, nu-síg fatherless or homeless child, orphan,
waif
giš nu-úr-ma pomegranate (nurmû)
nú(d), nux(SA4) to lie (down), go to bed; to lay down
(e.g. traps, snares; see Sjöberg, AV Klein 297); to
creep, slither Conventionally read ná. For the value
nux see še21; see also Veldhuis, Education 284, who
calls še21 "the inanimate complement of nú."
giš nú bed Some read ĝiš-nú, but see BiOr 42, 20 for
forms without a determinative, contra Steinkeller,
OrAnt 19 (1980) 79 n. 1. The word occurs with and
without determinative in Presargonic Lagaš texts, e.g.
DP 490 i 1-2, ii 1, iv 5; DP 427 i 1-3.
na4 nu11-gal → na4 ĝiš-nu11-gal,
numun (i.e. nuĝun) seed; descendant (Civil, AV Biggs
30)
ú númun (a type of rush or sedge) (Civil, AV Biggs 30)
NUN ku6 → agargara ku6
nun noble, prince; princess (cf. Temple Hymns line
82)
nun(-na) princely, noble, preeminent, grand; loud
nun-bé loudly
nundum lip; lip or rim of a vessel
nunuz egg
nunuz - ĝar to lay eggs
P
pa branch, branches; stick
pa-áĝ breath; nostril (Molina+, JNES 63, 7f.)
pa-áĝ, pa-an → zi - pa-áĝ, za-pa-áĝ
pa - è to come forth radiantly; to be/make resplendent,
splendid; to make famous; periphrastic: pa-è - a5 to
make resplendent
pa-mušen(-na) feathers
pa-pah cella; bedroom (Alster, AV Hallo 15 + n. 2)
pa-sa-lá-a tied bundle of sticks
pà(d) to come into view or consideration, be revealed;
to reveal, show; to call (up), choose; to find, discover
pa4, pa5 irrigation ditch (palgu)
pa4, pap older brother, eldest son; forebear, "father"
pa4/pa-bìl-ga grandfather; paternal uncle; ancestor
gi pad (a kind of basket)
pad(r) to break off a piece, chip off; to crumble, crush,
destroy (PSD B now connects at least in some
meanings with bu(r), q.v.)
pad(r) portion, piece (see also šuku)
túg pala1-3 (a divine or royal garment)
palil(IGI.DU) foremost one (cf. igi-du)
giš pan (rarely giš ba-na) bow (reading ban is obsolete,
see Civil, JCS 55, 50f.)
pàr-rim4 → bar-rim4
pe-el to defile, spoil, dirty (lu''û)
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