lābum
Akkadian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Semitic *labuʔ- (“lion”). Cognate with Arabic لَبُؤَة (labuʔa, “lioness”) and Biblical Hebrew לָבִיא (lɔḇíʔ, “lion”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /ˈlaː.bum/
Noun edit
lābum m (plural lābū) (from Old Akkadian on)
Alternative forms edit
- lābu (non-mimated)
- lab'um (Old Akkadian, Old Assyrian)
- labbu (Standard Babylonian)
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Derived terms edit
References edit
- “labbu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011