pûm

pûm

Akkadian

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pûm 𒄢𒄢𒈝 (gulgullum) 𒌋𒅗 (muḫḫum) 𒅆 (īnum) 𒅗 (appum) 𒅗 (pûm) suqtum isum 𒉿 (uznum) nakkaptum 𒍣 (napištum) 𒄘 (kišādum)
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pagrum 𒇿 (pagrum)

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *pay- (“mouth”). Cognate with Arabic فَم‎ (fam) and Biblical Hebrew פֶּה‎ (pɛ).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ˈpuːm/

Noun

pûm m (base pī or pā, construct state pī, pronominal state pī, plural pâtum f) (from Old Akkadian on)

1. mouth
2. word(s), utterance, speech, command
3. mind, mood, opinion

Alternative forms

• pû (non-mimated)
• pā'um (Old Akkadian, Old Assyrian)
• pī'um (Old Akkadian, Old Assyrian)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒅗 (KA) 𒆇 (KA×U) (Ras Sharma, Boghazkeui) 𒊩𒇬 (MURUB₂) (Standard Babylonian)	𒁍𒌑𒌝 (pu-u₂-um)

Related terms

• ana pîm
• ana pī
• ina pîm
• piam epēšum
• piam šakānum
• ša pī
• ṣīt pîm

 

References

• “pû”, 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 (2000), “pû(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag