𒄠𒋛

Akkadian

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Sumerian 𒄠𒋛 (am-si /⁠amsi⁠/, “elephant”).

Logogram

𒄠𒋛 • (AM.SI)

1. Sumerogram of pīrum (“elephant”)

Sumerian

Signs in this term

𒄠

𒋛

Noun

𒄠𒋛 • (am-si /amsi/)

1. elephant
   • c. 2nd millennium BCE, Proverbs, Collection 5, Segment A, Proverb 5.1:

     𒄠𒋛 𒉎𒋼𒀀𒉌 𒈧𒀲 𒀭𒄊𒅗
     𒃻𒂷𒁶𒉆 𒉡𒅅 𒈾𒀊𒁉𒀀
     𒀭𒋾𒌷𒅥𒄷𒂊 𒈬𒈾𒉌𒅁𒄄𒄄
     𒅇𒂷𒂊 𒅆𒋼𒂗𒈬𒂠
     𒍝𒀀𒁶𒉆 𒀠𒁶𒈨𒂗𒂊𒊺

     am-si /ni₂-te\-a-ni /maš₂\-[anše ^dšakkan₂-ka]
     nig̃₂ g̃e₂₆-gin₇-nam nu-g̃al₂ na-[ab-be₂-a]
     an-ti-ri₂-gu₇^mušen-e mu-/na\-[ni-ib-gi₄-gi₄]
     u₃ g̃e₂₆-e igi-te-en-g̃u₁₀-še₃
     za-a-gin₇-nam al-dim₂-me-en-/e-še\

     The elephant spoke to himself: "Among all the creatures of Šakkan, the one that can defecate like me has yet to be created!" The wren answered him: "But I, in my own small way, can defecate just as much as you!"

Derived terms

• 𒅗𒄠𒋛 (zu₂ am-si /⁠zu amsi⁠/, “ivory”)

 

References

• “𒄠𒋛 (amsi)” in ePSD2