asum

asum

Akkadian

𒄑𒊍 (asum)

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.sum/

Etymology 1

Noun

asum f (from Old Akkadian on)

1. myrtle

Alternative forms

• asu (non-mimated)
• ašum (Old Assyrian)
• assu (Boghazkeui)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒄑𒊍 (gišAZ) 𒋆𒊍 (šimAZ) 𒄑𒋆𒊍 (giš.šimAZ) 𒋆𒄈 (šimGIR₂) (Standard Babylonian, Neo-Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian) 𒄑𒀀𒊍 (gišA.AZ) (Mari) 𒄑𒀀𒍪 (gišA.ZU) (Mari)	𒀀𒍪𒌝 (a-su₂-um) 𒀀𒍪 (a-su₂) 𒀀𒋢 (a-su) 𒋆𒀀𒀉𒍮 (giša-a₂-zum)

Descendants

• → Aramaic: ܐܵܣܵܐ‎ / אָסָא‎ (ʾāsā)
  • → Arabic: آس‎ (ʾās)
    • → Ge'ez: እልኣስ (ʾəlʾas, “myrtle”)
    • → Middle Armenian: հապալաս (hapalas) (√ حَبّ الْآس (ḥabb al-ʾās))
      • → Armenian: հապալաս (hapalas) (learned)
• →⇒ Hebrew: הֲדַס‎ (hăḏás)
  • → Arabic: هَدَس‎ (hadas)
    • → Amharic: ኣደስ (ʾadäs), አደስ (ʾädäs)
    • → Ge'ez: አደስ (ʾädäs)
    • → Swahili: mhadasi
    • → Tigrinya: ኣደስ (ʾadäs)
  • → Aramaic: הֲדַסַא‎ (hăḏasā)
  • → German: Addas f (used once by Heinrich Heine)
  • → Yiddish:

Etymology 2

𒊍 (asum)

Borrowed from Sumerian 𒊍 (az, “bear”).

Noun

asum m (plural asātum f) (Old Babylonian, Standard Babylonian)

1. bear

   Synonym: dabûm

Alternative forms

• asu (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒊍 (AZ)	𒀀𒋢𒌝 (a-su-um)

References

• “asu A”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), volume 1, A, part 2, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1968, page 342
• “asu B”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), volume 1, A, part 2, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1968, page 344

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Estonian

Etymology

From asuma +‎ -m.

Noun

asum (genitive asumi, partitive asumit)

1. a district, subdistrict, or part of a city

Declension

Inflection of asum (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)

	singular	plural
nominative	asum	asumid
accusative	asumi	asumid
genitive	asumi	asumite
partitive	asumit	asumeid
illative	asumisse	asumitesse asumeisse
inessive	asumis	asumites asumeis
elative	asumist	asumitest asumeist
allative	asumile	asumitele asumeile
adessive	asumil	asumitel asumeil
ablative	asumilt	asumitelt asumeilt
translative	asumiks	asumiteks asumeiks
terminative	asumini	asumiteni
essive	asumina	asumitena
abessive	asumita	asumiteta
comitative	asumiga	asumitega

Synonyms

• linnaosa
• rajoon