Elementary Sumerian Glossary

anše donkey; (equid in general)
anše-bará-lá pack ass
ANŠE.KUR.RA → sisi
anše-kúnga (ANŠE.BARxAN) mule (offspring of a
donkey and an onager) (Heimpel, BSA 8, 89-91; RlA
Maultier)
anše-zi-qùm equids kept at royal road stations (Ur III)
(Heimpel, RA 88, 5-31)
anzu(d) mušen , ánzu(d) mušen (a mythological lion-headed
eagle, symbol of Ninĝirsu & Ninurta) (also with phonetic
indicator an anzu mušen , an ánzu mušen , older reading is
d anzu mušen )
giš apin plow
apin-lá tenancy, rent; tenant, lessee; cultivator
(Steinkeller, JESHO 24, 114 n. 5)
apkal → abgal
ar-ga-núm (a resin)
ár, ar, a-a-ar praise
ár - a5/du11 to praise (Attinger, Eléments 439f.)
àr to mill, grind flour
na4 àra mill, millstone
àr-dú → HAR-tud, ìr
arad, árad → ìr
arhuš compassion, mercy; womb (rēmu) (Civil, AV
Hallo 78 + n 21)
giš ásal(A.TU.GAB.LIŠ) Euphrates poplar(?) (şarbatu)
asil(a)(EZENxLÁL), asil-lá acclaim, paean, jubilation
aš(a) v. and adj. (to be) one, alone, unique (cf. dili)
(Edzard, AV Klein 99f.)
áš, á-áš, aš curse
áš - a5/bal/du11 to swear at, insult, curse (Civil, JNES
43, 294; Attinger, Eléments 445-450)
munus áš-gàr female goat (reading zèh is obsolete;
Heimpel, BSA 7, 116ff. reads ašgar)
àš six (Edzard, AV Klein 102)
aša5 → a-šà
ašgab leatherworker
d
ašnan (a goddess figure personifying emmer wheat)
(see also d ezinu)
az bear
azlagx(LÚ.TÚG), azlag3-6 fuller, washerman (also
conventionally read àšlag, etc.; see Yuhong, AV Klein
394f. for writings and etymology) (ašlāku)
B
ba to allot, distribute, assign, divide up, give a gift or
share; to reduce, diminish, deteriorate
ba allotment, share
ba ku6 snail(?)
ba-al to dig up/out, excavate, mine, quarry (herû); to
unload (a boat)
ba-al-gi(4), ba-al-gu7 (also with fish determinative)
turtle
ba-an → bán
ba-an-du8(-du8), ba-an-du5 (reed, wood or copper
determinative) bucket, pail; sowing basket (cf. Civil,
Farmer's Instructions p. 74 + n. 26, contra PSD B
which considers the two variants to be two different
words.)
ba-an-gi4 response, answer
ba-ba(-da/za) porridge
ba-da-ra dagger, a ceremonial kind of knife (Akk.
patru > Sum. ba-da-ra back-loaned > Akk. patarru)
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