ebbūbum

ebbūbum

Akkadian

Root
n-b-b
1 term

Etymology

Unknown

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ebˈbuː.bum/

Noun

ebbūbum m (plural ebbūbū) (Babylonian)

1. flute, pipe

Alternative forms

• ebbūbu (non-mimated)
• enbūbum, embūbu

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒄀𒁍 (GI.GID₂) 𒄑𒄀𒁍 (GIŠ.GI.GID₂)	𒂊𒁍𒁉𒅎 (e-bu-bi-im) (genitive) 𒅎𒁍𒁍 (em-bu-bu) 𒅔𒁍𒁉 (in-bu-bi) (genitive)

Related terms

• ša ebbūbim (“flute player”)

 

Descendants

• → Biblical Hebrew: אַבּוּב‎ (ʔabbúḇ)
• → Aramaic: אַבּוּבָא‎ (ʾabbūḇā)
  • → Arabic: أُنْبُوب‎ (ʾunbūb)

References

• The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
• Black, Jeremy; George, Andrew; Postgate, Nicholas (2000), “ebbūbu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag