Akkadian

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Root
m-w-t
3 terms

Etymology

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From Proto-Semitic *mawt- (death). Cognate with Arabic مَوْت (mawt) and Biblical Hebrew מָוֶת (mɔ́weṯ).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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mūtum f (construct state mūt or mūti) (from Old Assyrian/Old Babylonian on)

  1. death

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References

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  • “mūtu”, 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) “mūtu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
  • Huehnergard, John (2011) A Grammar of Akkadian (Harvard Semitic Studies; 45), 3rd edition, Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns