Elementary Sumerian Glossary

um-me-da, umme(UMxME)-da → éme-da
um-mi-a master scribe, craftsman, schoolmaster
umah(LAGABxÚ.A) swamp (mihşu, agammu)
umbin (human) nail, claw, talon, hoof
umbisaĝ(ŠID) scribe
kuš ùmmu(d)(A.EDIN.LÁ) (ummud) waterskin (nādu)
umun, ù-mu-un lord (Emesal for en, also for nin in
male gods' names, e.g. Nanše B iv 20)
úmun, umum knowledge, cleverness
umuš good counsel, advice; discernment, judgment,
sense; mind
UN → kalam, ùĝ
ùn(BAD3)(-na) high (cf. ĝi6-ù/un-na midnight, si-ùnna
high point, zenith) (see also an(-na))
unu(g) ki the city Uruk
únu, unu6, únu-gal deity's private chamber, cella,
sanctuary; divine dining room, banquet hall
ùnu(d) (chief) cattle herdsman, cowherd
ur beast of prey, dog, lion; in personal names of the
type x-ur-ĝu10 champion(?), (mighty) man/person(?)
(connect with ur5?) (some now read téš) (Zgoll,
AOAT 246, 318; Cavigneaux, CM 19, 48-52)
ur-bar-ra wolf
ur(-bé) - gu7 to press, clash together, fight in a pack
(reading uncertain, cf. téš-bé & UR.UR) (M. Green,
JCS 30, 153; Michalowki, Lamentation p. 70; A.
Cavigneaux, CM 19, 50)
ur-gi7(r) (domesticated) dog
ur-gi7-tur (var, ur-tur) puppy
ur-mah lion
ur-saĝ hero, warrior
ur-ur, URxUR single combat, man to man (i.e. handto-hand)
combat (Cavigneaux, CM 19, 50)
ĝiš ur-ur-e/šè - lá to engage or compete in combat
úr leg(s), hip(s), loin(s); lap; private parts; bottom,
base, foundation, foot (of a tree)
giš úr tree trunk; log
ùr to sweep over/away, wipe off/away, flatten, level,
destroy; to slide, slither, drag
ùr roof, ceiling (cf. ĝiš-ùr) For roof construction
methods see Heimpel, CUSAS 5, 173f..
ur4 to gather, assemble
ur5 spirit(s), mood; liver
ur5(-ra) (interest-bearing) loan
ur5 this, this way, thus, so; negated: never
ur5-gin7 like this, thus
ur5 - ša4 to roar, bellow
ur5-šè(-àm) because of this, thus, therefore
ur5-tuku debtor
ur5 - ug7 to despair (Tinney, Nippur Lament 138 ad
36)
ur7 father-in-law
uri → ki-uri
urudu URI (a large metal container) (Steinkeller, Third-
Millennium Texts p. 32)
úri ki (m), uri5 ki (m) the city Ur
ùri(n) gate-post, gate-pole (Heimpel, JNES 46, 208f.);
standard
ùri(n) (urin) blood, bloody (cf. Cooper, Curse of
Agade p. 251)
ùri(n) → u11-ri-in
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