Akkadian
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Etymology
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From Proto-Semitic *muḫḫ- (“head; brain; marrow”). Cognate with Arabic مُخّ (muḵḵ, “cerebrum”) and Biblical Hebrew מֹחַ (móaḥ, “marrow”).
Pronunciation
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muḫḫum m (construct state muḫḫi, pronominal state muḫḫa)
- skull, pate
- (medicine) brain
- top (part, side)
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References
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- “muḫḫu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)[1], volume 10, M, part 2, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1977