ūmum

Akkadian

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *yawm- (“day”). Cognate with Arabic يَوْم (yawm) and Biblical Hebrew יוֹם (yom).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ūmum m (construct state ūm or ūmi, plural ūmū m or ūmātum f)

1. day, daytime (from sunrise to sunset)

   Synonym: 𒌓𒁕 (urrum)

   Antonyms: 𒈪 (mūšum), 𒈪 (mušītum), 𒆥𒋝 (līliātum), 𒇷𒈝 (līlum)

2. day (from midnight to the following midnight)
3. (in the plural) period, time, lifetime

   𒄿𒈾 𒆷𒀀 𒌓𒈪𒋗 [ina lā ūmīšu] ― i-na la-a UD-mi-šu ― at the wrong time

Alternative forms

• ūmu (non-mimated form)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic	Mixed
𒌓 (UD, U₄)	𒌑𒈬𒌝 (u₂-mu-um)	𒌓𒈬𒌝 (UD-mu-um) 𒌓𒈠𒄠 (UD-ma-am) (accusative) 𒌓𒈪𒅎 (UD-mi-im) (genitive) 𒌓𒌝 (UD-um) (construct state)

Derived terms

• ina ūmim
• inūma
• inūmīšu
• ūmam
• ūmiš
• ūmišam