Elementary Sumerian Glossary

ar-sù(d) (a rubric marking a sub-section of a tigi or
adab hymn of praise)
bar-šè out, away, toward the outside
bar-šèĝ(-ĝá) fog, mist, drizzle
bar-ta away, aside, outside
bar-ta - gub, bar-šè - gub to stand aside, keep away,
stay aloof
bar - tam to examine, choose, select (periphrastic:
bar-tam - ak)
bar-udu sheep's fleece
bar-ús (urudu) (pointed) goading stick (Civil, Farmer's
Instructions p. 72)
bar7(NE) to blaze, flame, burn
bára(g) (barag) conventional translations: dais,
throne; sovereign, ruler, king; (pack-)sack. Civil, AV
Biggs 21 now reads /parak/ and translates: (1) 'curtain
of separation' (around the area reserved to the king and
royal family or to a deity in a temple); fig. 'royal
person, royal abode' (parakku); (2) 'a package made
with sackcloth' (bašamu, saqqu)
bára-mah high dais
bára-si-ga socle
bàra(g), ba-ra(-g), (pàr) to spread out (upon), strew
bi-iz → biz
bí-za-za frog
bi7(d), bìd n. excrement, dung; anus(?); v. to defecate
bibra(HÚL) mušen (a bird); (a bird-shaped cup)
(Veldhuis, Education 224)
bíl to heat, burn, scorch
bíl-ga (fresh) fruit; (male) ancestor, cf. pa-bíl-ga
bíl-lá → pe-el-lá
bíl-lá, bíl-la hot
bíl-lá-bé, bíl-la-bé heatedly, feverishly, ardently
biluda, bi-lu-da, pì-lu5-da, be6-lu5-da rites, rituals,
customs, usages (< bēlūtu, Steinkeller, JNES 46 (1987)
58. Cf. Steible, AOAT 253, 380f.)
bir (reduplicated: bir-bir-re, bi-ib-r(e), bi-bi-r(e)) to
scatter, disperse
bír v. to shrivel, wrinkle; adj. flacid, shriveled
*bìr → surx, érin (rdg. bìr is now obsolete; see
Steinkeller, WZKM 77, 192, JNES 46, 58f.; Selz,
UGASL 43 n. 178)
bir4 to bake (bricks, pottery) (pronunciation is
uncertain)
bir5(NAM) mušen locust (Veldhuis, Education 224)
bir6, bir7, bir to rip/break to pieces, shred, tear
biz, bi-iz to drip, drop
-braš (wr. -ib-ra-aš, ba(r)-ra-aš) to fly (loan from the
Akk. root prš)
bu(r), bù(r), bur, búr, bux(PAD) (variant bu-ús,
Emesal zé(r), zé-zé) to pull, rip, tear, pluck out,
uproot, extract, extirpate; to drain (water)
bu → bú
bu-lu-úh, bu-luh, bu-úh, bu-bu-luh to quiver,
shudder, be frightened
bu-lu-úh/buluh - si-il to belch, burp
bu-ud-ba-ad - za to thud (an onomatopoetic
construction, see Civil, JCS 20, 117ff.; Black, AV
Wilcke 35ff.)
bu-ús → bu(r)
bú, bu, pú to flit, rush about
bugin, bunin (multiple spellings exist, middle/last
consonant may be /ĝ/) bucket, trough
bul (bu5), to blow, blow up, fill with air
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