𒄑

Unicode name	CUNEIFORM SIGN GISH
Codepoint	U+12111

Translingual

Symbol

𒄑 Cuneiform sign GISH

• Borger (2003): 469
• Borger (1981):
• HZL: 178

phonetic values

• Sumerian: GIŠ, GEŠ
• Akkadian: es, eṣ, ez, is, iṣ, iz
• Hittite:

References

Wikipedia

• R. Borger, Assyrisch-Babylonische Zeichenliste, 2nd ed., Neukirchen-Vluyn (1981)
• R. Borger, Mesopotamisches Zeichenlexikon, Münster (2003).
• Chr. Rüster, E. Neu, Hethitisches Zeichenlexikon (HZL), Wiesbaden (1989)

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Akkadian

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʿiṣ́-.

Noun

𒄑 (iṣu‹m›) [GIŠ]

1. tree

Determinative

𒄑 (iṣu‹m›) [GIŠ]

1. denoting trees or objects made of wood