ūṣum

Akkadian

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ḥVṯ̣ṯ̣- (“arrow”). Cognate with Arabic حُظْوَة (ḥuẓwa, “small arrow”) and Biblical Hebrew חֵץ (ḥeṣ, “arrow”).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ˈuː.sˤum/

Noun

ūṣum m (plural ūṣū) (Old Babylonian, Standard Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian)

1. arrowhead
2. arrow

Alternative forms

• ūṣu (non-mimated)
• uṣṣu

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒄑𒆕 (GIŠ.KAK, GIŠ.GAG) 𒄑𒆕𒋾 (GIŠ.KAK.TI, GIŠ.GAG.TI)	𒌑𒍮 (u₂-ṣum, u₂-ṣu) 𒊻𒍮 (uṣ-ṣu)

References

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