gammalu
Akkadian
editEtymology
editProbably a loan from West Semitic, ultimately from Proto-West Semitic *gamal- (“camel”). Cognate with Arabic جَمَل (jamal) and Biblical Hebrew גָּמָל (gɔmɔ́l).
Pronunciation
edit- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /ˈɡam.ma.lu/
Noun
editgammalu m (plural gammalû) (Neo-Assyrian)
- camel
- 721-705, Aššur-belu-taqqin's letter in Information on Sales of Camels and Other Business[1], archived from the original on 22 October 2021, lines 5–6:
- 𒅇 𒈠𒀀 𒁹𒂗 "𒀲𒃵𒂷" 𒀸 𒊮𒁉 𒁹 𒈫𒐈 𒈠𒈾 𒆬𒌓
𒄿𒋛𒆥 𒀀𒈾 𒁹𒆳𒀀𒀀 𒇽𒄥𒁍𒋼- u₃ ma-a 1-en ANŠE.gam-mal ina ŠA₃-bi 1 2:3 MA.NA [KUG.UD]
i-si-qi a-na ᵐmad-a-a LU₂.qur-bu-te - /u mā issēn gammal ina libbi 01 2:3 manê ṣarpi
issiqi ana Madaya ša-qurbūte/ - Further, "He has bought one camel for 1 2/3 minas [of silver] and sold it to the bodyguard Madayu.
- u₃ ma-a 1-en ANŠE.gam-mal ina ŠA₃-bi 1 2:3 MA.NA [KUG.UD]
Alternative forms
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Derived terms
edit- gammališ (“like a camel”)
References
edit- “gammalu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)[2], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011