šeleppûm

Akkadian

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *šalaḥpaw/y-, *šalapḥaw/y- (“turtle”). Cognate with Arabic سُلَحْفَاة (sulaḥfāh) and Biblical Hebrew שַׁלְחוּפָה (šalḥup̄ɔ).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ʃe.lepˈpuːm/

Noun

šeleppûm m (plural šeleppû) (from Old Akkadian on)

1. turtle
2. a type of snake

Alternative forms

• šeleppû (non-mimated)
• šilippû
• šelappû (Neo-Assyrian)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒃻𒅮𒈾 (NIG₂.BUN₂.NA) 𒃻𒅮𒈾𒄩 (NIG₂.BUN₂.NA.KU₆)	𒊺𒈜𒁍𒌑 (še-lep-pu-u₂) 𒊺𒈜𒁍𒌋 (še-lep-pu-u) 𒊺𒆷𒁍𒌑 (še-la-pu-u₂) 𒅆𒇷𒁍𒌑 (ši-li-pu-u₂)

Derived terms

• šeleppūtum (“she-turtle”)

 

References

• “šeleppû”, 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) “šeleppû(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag