rīmum
Akkadian
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Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *riʔm- (wild bull). Cognate with Arabic رِئْم (riʾm) and Biblical Hebrew רְאֵם (rəʾem).
Pronunciation
- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /ˈriː.mum/
Noun
rīmum m (plural rīmū) (from Old Akkadian on)
- wild bull
Alternative forms
- rīmu (non-mimated), rēmu, ri'mu
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Derived terms
- rīmtum (“wild cow”)
- rīmāniš (“like a wild bull”)
References
- “rīmu A”, 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), “rīmu(m) I”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag