๐’Œ‹ U+1230B, 𒌋
CUNEIFORM SIGN U
โ† ๐’ŒŠ
[U+1230A]
Cuneiform ๐’ŒŒ โ†’
[U+1230C]

Translingual

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Cuneiform sign

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๐’Œ‹ Sign Number
MZL 661
Deimel 411
HZL 261

References

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  • R. Borger, Mesopotamisches Zeichenlexikon (MZL), Mรผnster (2003)
  • A. Deimel, ล umerisches Lexikon (Deimel), Rome (1947)
  • Chr. Rรผster, E. Neu, Hethitisches Zeichenlexikon (HZL), Wiesbaden (1989)

Akkadian

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Sign values

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Sign ๐’Œ‹
Sumerograms 10, 36000, 600, BURโ‚ƒ, GIGURU, U, UMUN
Phoneticย values u, ลกuโ‚„

Etymology 1

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Orthographic borrowing from Sumerian ๐’Œ‹ (giguru, โ€œedge, rimโ€).

Logogram

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๐’Œ‹ โ€ข (GIGURU)

  1. Sumerogram of gigurรป (โ€œWinkelhakenโ€)

Etymology 2

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Orthographic borrowing from Sumerian ๐’Œ‹ (u, โ€œtenโ€).

Logogram

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๐’Œ‹ โ€ข (U)

  1. Sumerogram of eลกeret (โ€œtenโ€)

Etymology 3

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Orthographic borrowing from Sumerian ๐’Œ‹ (umun, โ€œlordโ€).

Logogram

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๐’Œ‹ โ€ข (UMUN)

  1. Sumerogram of bฤ“lum (โ€œlordโ€)

Elamite

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Pronoun

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๐’Œ‹ (u)

  1. I

Hittite

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Symbol

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๐’Œ‹ โ€ข (u)

  1. Cuneiform sign for vowel 'u'.

Luwian

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Symbol

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๐’Œ‹ (u)

  1. Cuneiform sign for vowel 'u'.

Sumerian

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Sumerian numbers (edit)
ย โ†ย ย 1 ย โ†ย ย 9 10 20ย ย โ†’ย 
1
ย ย ย  Cardinal: ๐’Œ‹ (u)

Etymology 1

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Noun

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๐’Œ‹ โ€ข (burโ‚ƒ /burud/)

  1. breach, hole
  2. depression, low-lying area, depth

Verb

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๐’Œ‹ โ€ข (burโ‚ƒ /burud/)

  1. to perforate
  2. to be deep

Etymology 2

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Noun

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๐’Œ‹ โ€ข (burโ‚ƒ /bur/)

  1. unit of area and volume "bur"

Etymology 3

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From ๐’„€ (gi, โ€œreedโ€) +โ€Ž ๐’„ฅ (gur, โ€œto turnโ€) +โ€Ž ๐’€€ (a, nominalizing suffix), literally โ€œreed stylus turned aroundโ€, indicating the antecedent of the sign ๐’Œ‹, a circular hole made with the butt end of the stylus.

Noun

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๐’Œ‹ โ€ข (giguru)

  1. edge, rim

Etymology 4

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Verb

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๐’Œ‹ โ€ข (ลกuโ‚„ /ลกug/)

  1. Alternative form of ๐’ป (sugโ‚‚ /โ sugโ /, โ€œplural of ๐’บ (gub, โ€œto standโ€)โ€)

Etymology 5

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Noun

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๐’Œ‹ โ€ข (u)

  1. abuse
  2. finger
  3. gift
  4. totality
  5. hole, earth

Etymology 6

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Jagersma proposes /ju/ as original pronunciation, which later changed to /ห€u/, with loss of initial /j/.[1]

Numeral

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๐’Œ‹ โ€ข (u /u/)

  1. ten, 10

Etymology 7

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Noun

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๐’Œ‹ โ€ข (umun)

  1. Alternative form of ๐’…‡๐’ˆฌ๐’Œฆ (uโ‚ƒ-mu-un /โ umunโ /, โ€œlordโ€)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ The template Template:R:sux:DGS does not use the parameter(s):
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    Jagersma, Bram (2010) A Descriptive Grammar of Sumerianโ€Ž[1] (doctoral thesis), page 242
  • Jagersma, Bram (2010) A Descriptive Grammar of Sumerianโ€Ž[2] (doctoral thesis), page 242
  • โ€œ๐’Œ‹ (u, โ€œtenโ€)โ€ in ePSD2