Elementary Sumerian Glossary

(giš) ad beam, plank; raft (so PDS A/3 6, though Bauer,
AfO 40/41, 94 disagrees; see discussion of Attinger,
ZA 95, 260)
ad, ad-da father; forefather, great great-grandfather (so
PSD)
ad sound; voice, cry
ad - gi4 to advise, take counsel with (-da-), consult; to
discuss; to echo, respond
ad-gi4(-gi4) advice, counsel; advisor, counselor
ad-KID reed craftsman, basket and mat weaver (The
reading ad-kub4 cannot be justified. Steinkeller, Sale
Documents 171, therefore suggests that only adgubx
( ad KID) may be possible, based on Akk. atkuppu.)
ad - ša4 to sob, groan, wail
ad-ša4 wailing, lamenting (nissatu); sound (of an
instrument or song)
kuš ad-tab reins
(giš) ád(GÍR-gunû), àddu boxthorn; thorn (eddettu)
(some now read kíšig) (see Attinger, ZA 95, 263f. for
detailed discussion of readings)
ad4(ZA-tenû) crippled, lame (kubbulu)
adda/ad6(LÚxÚŠ) (also written LÚ.ÚŠ or ad8(LÚšeššigxÚŠ)
and adx(LÚ.GAM)) (human) corpse
(Veldhuis, AV Sigrist 224-6)
ádda/àd(UDUxÚŠ) (also written UDU.ÚŠ or GUDx
ÚŠ) (animal) carcass (Veldhuis, AV Sigrist 224-6)
addir river-crossing, ford; toll, fare, rent, hire (RLA 8,
157 Miete) (cf. má-addir ferry boat)
giš áddu(Ú.GÍR) (reading uncertain, compare giš ád)
ag → a5
aga (a kind of crown, "tiara, diadem"); (an axe)
àga-gi4-a-bé later, afterwards (see a-ga(-aš)-gi4)
àga-kár/ŠÈ - sì to conquer, defeat (cf. àga - kár to
defeat) (Klein, AV Tadmor 310f.; Steinkeller, WZKM
77, 188f. + n. 17)
àga-rí(n) → aĝarin
àga-ús, aga-ús constable, guard, bodyguard, soldier
agargara(NUN) (ku6) (a fish or fish spawn)
agrun(É.NUN) (a sacred building or room); (an epithet
of the abzu) (Attinger, ZA 95, 268)
áĝ to measure out, mete out; to pay (esp. in grain)
áĝ - gi4 to kill (Jacobsen & Kramer, JNES 12, 185 n.
68)
aĝarin(AMA. d INANNA), àga-rí(-n) mother
(creatress); (fertile) soil; mold, crucible; mixing basin
(Heimpel, CUSAS 5, 239)
aĝrig steward (PSD A/3 translates "housekeeper")
ah, a ah (in Gudea) → uh
ak → a5
àka(ŠID) fleece; tuft of wool
akan(UBUR) udder, teat, nipple
akkil cry, clamor; acclaim
túg aktum(A.SU) (a garment)
giš al mattock, hoe, "pickaxe"
al - a5 to hoe, work with the hoe
al - du11 to desire, want; to request, ask for, demand
(Attinger, Eléments 429-438)
giš al-ĝar (a musical instrument) (PSD A/3 147
translates: (a lyre)) (Attinger, ZA 95, 270)
giš al-ĝar-sur/sur9(-ra) (a musical instrument, probably
drumstick) (Veldhuis, AfO 44/45, 119f.; Attinger, ZA
95, 270)
al-la-nu-um oak; acorn
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