Akkadian
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Pronunciation
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Adjective
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kurûm (feminine kurītum, masculine plural kurûtum, feminine plural kuriātum, predicative kuri) (from Old Akkadian on)
- verbal adjective of karûm:
- short (time and size)
- 𒊭 𒍠 𒆸𒁕𒈠 𒊭 𒆏 𒁍𒁕 [ša imnim kurīma ša šumēlim arik] ― ša ZAG LUGUD₂.DA-ma ša GUB₃ GID₂.DA ― The right one is short, the left one, long.
- (nominalized) short (person), dwarf
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- 𒆸 (LUGUD₂, GUD₈, GUDₓ)
- 𒆸𒁕 (LUGUD₂.DA, GUD₈.DA, GUDₓ.DA)
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References
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- “kurû”, 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) “kurû(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag