lū

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lu"

Akkadian

Etymology

Cognate with Arabic لَوْ‎ (law) and Biblical Hebrew לוּ‎ (lu).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /luː/

Noun

lū (from Old Akkadian on)

1. (often preceded by 𒅇 (ū)) or
2. be it, may it be (precative particle)

   𒋫𒀊𒇷 𒋢𒄩𒊏𒄠 𒇻𒌑 𒌉𒆠

   ta-ab-li ṣu₂-ḫa-ra-am lu-u₂ DUMU-ki

   /tabli ṣuḫāram lū mārūki/

   Take the boy, let him be your (f) son!

   𒇻 𒋫𒀜𒋫𒀠𒆷𒆠

   lu ta-at-ta-al-la-ki

   /lū tattallaki/

   Go away!

   𒀀𒈾 𒌦𒅗 𒅇 𒈪𒅎𒈬𒅗 𒁕𒀭𒉌𒅖 𒁕𒀭𒉌𒅖 𒇻 𒋗𒌌𒈬

   a-na KALAM-ka u₃ mi-im-mu-ka da-an-ni-iš da-an-ni-iš lu šu-ul-mu

   /ana mātīka u mimmûka danniš danniš lū šulmu/

   May it be exceedingly well with your country and all that belongs to you.

3. indeed, certainly, verily

Cuneiform spellings

Phonetic
𒇻 𒇻𒌑

References

• “lū”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
• Black, Jeremy; George, Andrew; Postgate, Nicholas (2000), “lū”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag

Mandarin

Alternative forms

• lu – nonstandard

Romanization

lū (lu¹, Zhuyin ㄌㄨ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嚕／噜
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 謢