ummum

Akkadian

Root
'-m-m
1 term

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʔimm- (“mother”). Cognate with Arabic أُمّ (ʔumm) and Biblical Hebrew אֵם (ʾem).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ˈum.mum/

Noun

ummum f (construct state ummi, pronominal state umma, plural ummātum)

1. mother

   𒌝𒈨𒉌 𒀜𒋾 [ummīni atti] ― um-mi₃-ni at-ti ― You are our mother.

2. initial investment, capital

Alternative forms

• ummu (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒂼 (AMA)	𒌝𒈬𒌝 (um-mu-um) 𒌝𒈬 (um-mu)

References

• “ummu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎^[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
• Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “ummu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag