ullûm
Akkadian
Etymology
Related to Biblical Hebrew אֵלֶּה (ʾéllɛ, “these”) and Arabic أُولُو (ʾulū).
Pronunciation
- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /ulˈluːm/
Adjective
ullûm (base ulli, feminine ullītum, masculine plural ullûtum, feminine plural ulliātum) (from Old Babylonian on)
- that, those
- yonder, far away, over there, distant
- former, previous
Alternative forms
- ullû (non-mimated)
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Derived terms
- ulla (“at some time”)
References
- “ullû”, 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), “ullû(m) I”, 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, Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns