Elementary Sumerian Glossary

pe-el-lá, p/bíl-lá spoiled, sour, bad; defiled, desecrated
(cf. šu pe-el-lá - du11 to defile)
peš heart of palm
peš, peš4 to swell, expand, become fat, thick, enlarged;
to be(come) pregnant; to grow (said of a child, cf. Ur-
Namma A 152)
peš - ĝál to be powerful
péš mouse (humşīru)
giš pèš(MA) fig
peš5 to card wool
peš10(KI.A) riverbank, seashore
pi-lu5-da → biluda
piriĝ lion
pisaĝ (conventionally read pisan) (bisaĝ, bešeĝ)
box, container (often with reed or wood determinative)
pisaĝ-dub(-ba) tablet (storage) box or basket
pu-úh-ru-um assembly (< Akk. puhrum )
pú well (see also túl)
pú- giš kiri6 irrigated orchard
puzur5, buzur5 secret
R
ra (ráh), ra-ah to hit, beat upon, slap; to strike down;
to drive (animals); to impress (a seal). Verb has dual
syntax: to make something beat upon (-a/e) (older), to
beat with something (-e) (newer)
-(b)-ra-aš → -braš
ra-gaba, rá-gaba mounted messenger, courier, rider
rá-zu → a-rá-zu
giš rab clamp, stock (cf. gušurx)
re7 → du
ri to lie (heavily) upon, press upon, put (firmly) onto,
into; to oppress; to affix, cover with; to found, erect; to
equip with
ri to blow; to drift; to convey
ri(g) → de5
ri-ri-ga → de5-de5-ga
rib, ri(b) great, surpassing, huge
ru-gú to face, stand opposite, counter, confront, oppose
rú(DU3) to erect, in na-rú-a (read drù ?)
S
sa sinew; string, cord; net; bundle, bunch
sa-al-kad5 net sack
sa-ga → sa6-ga, sig5-ga
sa-ĝar-ra (an OB hymn rubric, the second main
section of tigi and adab hymn types)
sa-gaz migrant laborer(?); highway robber,
murderer(?)
sa-gaz - a5 to perform migrant labor (?); to commit
murder (?) (cf. A. Westenholz, ECTJ No. 8)
sa-gi bundle of reeds
sa-gíd-da (an OB hymn rubric, the first main section of
tigi and adab hymn types)
sa-pàr (sa-bàr), sa-bar (hunting) net
sa-šuš throwing net (also as weapon)
sa-tu mountain (< Akk. šadû)
sá square (in Gudea and math., see Suter, ZA 87, 5)
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