kāsum

kāsum

Akkadian

Alternative forms

• kāsu (non-mimated form)

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *kaʾs- (“cup, bowl, container”); compare Arabic كَأْس‎ (kaʾs) and Hebrew כּוֹס‎ (kos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaː.sum/

Noun

kāsum m or f (plural kāsātum or kāsānū f)

1. a cup, goblet, bowl
2. (as a capacity measure): cup

Sumerograms

This word can be written with the following Sumerograms:

𒃲 (GAL)

𒄘𒍣 (GU₂.ZI), 𒂁𒄘𒍣 (DUG.GU₂.ZI) (Middle Babylonian)

Attested cuneiform spelling

kāsum

𒂵𒍪𒌝 (ka₃-su₂-um) (Old Akkadian) 𒅗𒍮 (ka-sum₂) (Old Babylonian, Mari) 𒃲 (GAL) 𒂁𒄘𒍣 (DUG.GU₂.ZI)