mītum
Akkadian
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Etymology
From the verb 𒁁 (mâtum, “to die”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmiː.tum/
Adjective
mītum (feminine mīttum, masculine plural mītūtum, feminine plural mītātum) (from Old Akkadian on)
- dead
Alternative forms
- mīttu (non-mimated)
- mētum, mētu (Assyrian)
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References
- “mītu”, in 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 (1976), “mītu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
- Huehnergard, John (2011) A Grammar of Akkadian (Harvard Semitic Studies; 45), 3rd edition edition, Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns