šaptum
Akkadian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Semitic *śapat- (“lip”). Cognate with Arabic شَفَة (šafa) and Biblical Hebrew שָׂפָה (śɔp̄ɔ).
Pronunciation edit
- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /ˈʃap.tum/
Noun edit
šaptum f (dual šaptān, plural šapātum) (from Old Akkadian on)
Alternative forms edit
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References edit
- “šaptu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)[1], volume 17, Š, part 1, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1989