pušqum
Akkadian
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p-š-q |
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Etymology
Compare 𒉽𒄬 (pašāqum, “to become narrow, difficult”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpuʃ.qum/
Noun
pušqum m (construct state pušuq, plural pušqū) (from Old Akkadian on)
- narrowness, narrow place, strait
- (transferred sense) distress, hardship, dire straits
Alternative forms
- pušqu (non-mimated), pulqu (Middle Babylonian)
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References
- “pušqu”, 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), “pušqu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag