ūmam

ūmam

Akkadian

Etymology

Adverbial accusative of 𒌓 (ūmum, “day”).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ˈuː.mam/

Adverb

ūmam (Old Assyrian, Old Babylonian, Middle Assyrian, Standard Babylonian)

1. today, on this day

   𒌓𒈠𒈠 ― u₄-ma-ma /ūmamma/ ― this very day

2. for a day
3. (correlative) on one day... on another...

Alternative forms

• ūma (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒌓 (UD)	𒌓𒈠𒄠 (u₄-ma-am) 𒌓𒈠 (u₄-ma)

References

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