Elementary Sumerian Glossary

udu-aslumx(A.LUM) long-fleeced sheep (aslu)
(Steinkeller, BSA 8, 52)
(d) udug, ú-du11(g) male genie, spirit (good or evil);
demon
udun oven, kiln
ug lion
ug5, ug7 → úš
uga mušen raven
uĝnim army (conventionally read ugnim; for
etymology see Selz, AV Römer 317)
ugu, úgu (A.KA) (or a-gù) pate, top (of the head)
(muhhu); account (Englund, BBVO 10, 72 n. 242;
Hilgert, OIP 121, 385)
úgu-a - ĝar to charge to, put to the account of or at the
disposal of
úgu-a - tuku to hold against/over someone
ugu4, ugu progenitor (male or female), begettor,
engenderer
ugu ugu4-bi monkey
ugula foreman, overseer, officer
ugula-ĝešta/ĝéš-da officer (in charge) of sixty (men)
(Steinkeller, ZA 69, 176-187)
úgur(SIG7) lintel (cf. úgur-ig door lintel, Gudea Cyl A
25:10)
úgur-igi eyebrow (šu'ru)
ùĝ people, population (reading ukù is obsolete; some
maintain the older reading un as with alam/alan rather
than alaĝ)
ùĝ-da-ga nearby folk, neighbors (lit. "people at (one's)
side") (Steinkeller, Sale Documents 198)
ùĝ-íl bearer, porter
ùĝ-lu-a teeming people, multitude
ùĝ-šár-ra numerous people(s), multitude(s)
uh, úh spittle, slaver, mucus, phlegm; foam (wr. ah,
a ah in Gudea) (cf. uš11)
uh - du11 to spit Cf. a ah-du11-ga spittle (of sorcery)
Gudea Cyl B 4:16
úh-luh cough (literally "cleaning out phlegm")
ukkin, ukken, unken assembly (for an etymology see
Selz, AV Römer 316f.)
uktin(SIG7.ALAM) features (bunnannu) (cf. úlutin)
úku(r) poor (person)
úkuš(HÚL) cucumber
ul, ul-lí-a adj. remote in time (past or future), ancient,
primeval; n. ancient time, antiquity (< Akk. ullûm) (cf.
u4-ul-lí-a)
ul a Presargonic capacity measure = 1/4 gur-saĝ-ĝál =
36 sìla = ca. 30 liters
ul n. joy, happiness, pleasure; bud, flower, blossom
(see Steinkeller, Iranica Antiqua 37 (2002) 361-365;
Flückiger-Hawker, Urnamma 201f.; Sefati, Love Songs
259); beauty; adj. beautiful
ul-a, ul-la with joy, joyfully
ul - a5 to rejoice
ul4 to hasten, hurry, be quick; tr. to hurry, harrass, put
pressure on (urruhu) (Civil, AV Hallo 74)
ul4-hé base of heaven
ul4-la-bé quickly
ùlu, u18-lu, im ùlu south wind; storm, sandstorm
ùlu-di lamentation singer (perhaps derived from i-ludi?)
ulušin(KAŠ.ZÍZ.A.AN) emmer beer
úlutin(SIG7.ALAM) form (nabnītu) (cf. uktin)
um-ma old (wise) women, alderwoman
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