𒁀
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Translingual edit
Cuneiform sign edit
𒁀 | Sign Number | |
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MZL | 14 | |
Deimel | 5 | |
HZL | 205 |
References edit
- R. Borger, Mesopotamisches Zeichenlexikon (MZL), Münster (2003)
- A. Deimel, Šumerisches Lexikon (Deimel), Rome (1947)
- Chr. Rüster, E. Neu, Hethitisches Zeichenlexikon (HZL), Wiesbaden (1989)
Akkadian edit
Sign values edit
Sign | 𒁀 |
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Sumerograms | BA |
Phonetic values | ba |
Etymology edit
Orthographic borrowing from Sumerian 𒁀 (ba, “to give as a gift, to divide up”).
Logogram edit
𒁀 • (BA)
- Sumerogram of qiāšum (“to bestow”)
- Sumerogram of zâzum (“to divide up”)
Sumerian edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
𒁀 • (ba)
Verb edit
𒁀 • (ba)
- to divide up, allot, distribute, assign
- to give as a gift or a share
- to reduce, diminish, deteriorate
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Contraction of 𒁉 (be₂ /be/, “this”) + 𒀀 (a, locative case marker).
Determiner edit
𒁀 • (ba /bâ/)
Etymology 3 edit
Contraction of 𒁉 (be₂ /be/) and the genitive case marker /-ak/.
Determiner edit
𒁀 • (ba /bâk/)
Pronoun edit
𒁀 • (ba /bâk/)