ūsum

See also: usum and USUM

Akkadian

Etymology

From Sumerian 𒊻 (uz, “wild duck”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ūsum m (plural ūsū or ūsātum f) (Assyrian, Old Babylonian, Standard Babylonian)

1. duck; goose

Alternative forms

• ūsu (non-mimated)
• us'um (Old Assyrian)
• usḫi'um, ussu

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒊻 (UZ) 𒊻𒄷 (UZ.MUŠEN) 𒊻𒄷𒎌 (UZ.MUŠEN.MEŠ) (plural)	𒌑𒋢𒌝 (u₂-su-um) 𒍑𒄭𒌝 (us₂-ḫi-um) 𒌑𒋢 (u₂-su) 𒊻𒋢 (us-su)

Descendants

• → Aramaic:

  Jewish Literary Aramaic, Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: אַוָוזָּא (ʾawazzā), אַוְוזָּא (ʾawəzzā), אֲוַוזָּא (ʾăwazzā), אֲוַזָּא (ʾăwazzā), אֲוׇוזָּא (ʾăwazzā)

  Classical Syriac: ܘܰܙܳܐ (wazzā)

  • → Arabic: إِوَزّ (ʔiwazz), وَزّ (wazz), أَوِز (ʔawiz)
• → Biblical Hebrew: אַוָּז (ʾawwɔz), אֲוָז (ʾăwɔz)
• → Ugaritic: 𐎜𐎇 (ủz)

References

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