mātum
Akkadian
Pronunciation
- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /ˈmaː.tum/
Noun
mātum f (plural mātātum) (from Old Akkadian on)
- (political unit) home country, native land
- land (in contrast to sea), flat country (in contrast to mountain)
- foreign country/territory
- inhabitants of a country
Alternative forms
mātu (non-mimated)
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Descendants
- → Aramaic: מתא (māṯā, “region, country, town”)
- → Sumerian: 𒈠𒁕 (ma-da /mada/)
References
- “mātu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), volume 10, M, part 1, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1977