alpum
Akkadian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Semitic *ʔalp- (“head of cattle”). Cognate with Biblical Hebrew אֶלֶף (ʔɛ́lɛp̄, “head of cattle”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /ˈal.pum/
Noun edit
alpum m (construct state alap, plural alpū) (from Old Akkadian on)
Alternative forms edit
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References edit
- “alpu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)[1], volume 1, A, part 1, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1964