tenû
Akkadian
editPronunciation
edit- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /teˈnuː/
Noun
edittenû ?
- word used to describe a sign written with an angle of inclination (45 degrees to the right, or rarely 90 degrees to the left). It can affect the whole sign or just a part of it. For example the sign 𒄕 is described as 𒄑𒋼𒉡𒌑 (GIŠ-tenû), 𒋔 as 𒉢𒋼𒉡𒌑 (ŠIR-tenû), etc.
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References
edit- Miller, Douglas B., Shipp, R. Mark (2014) An Akkadian Handbook, 2nd edition, Eisenbrauns, page 186
- Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts