ebbūbum

Akkadian

Root
n-b-b
1 term

Etymology

Unknown

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ebˈbuː.bum/

Noun

ebbūbum m (plural ebbūbū) (Babylonian)

1. flute, pipe

Alternative forms

• ebbūbu (non-mimated)
• enbūbum, embūbu

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒄀𒁍 (GI.GID₂) 𒄑𒄀𒁍 (GIŠ.GI.GID₂)	(genitive) 𒂊𒁍𒁉𒅎 (e-bu-bi-im) 𒅎𒁍𒁍 (em-bu-bu) (genitive) 𒅔𒁍𒁉 (in-bu-bi)

Related terms

• ša ebbūbim (“flute player”)

Descendants

• → Biblical Hebrew: אַבּוּב (ʔabbúḇ)
• → Aramaic: אַבּוּבָא (ʾabbūḇā)
  • → Arabic: أُنْبُوب (ʔunbūb)

References

• 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) “ebbūbu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, via the electronic Babylonian Library