lītum
Akkadian
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *layʾ-at- ~ laʾay-at- (“cow”). Equivalent to 𒄞 (lûm, “bull”) + -𒌈 (-tum, feminine suffix). Cognate with Arabic لَآة (laʾāh, “wild cow”) and Biblical Hebrew לֵאָה (leʔɔ́).
Pronunciation
- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /ˈliː.tum/
Noun
lītum f (construct state līt or līti, plural liātum)
- cow
- (in the plural) bovines (of both sexes and all ages)
Alternative forms
- lītu (non-mimated)
- littum, littu (non-mimated)
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