tittum

Akkadian

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *tiʔin- (“fig”). Cognate with Arabic تِين (tīn) and Biblical Hebrew תְּאֵנָה (təʾenɔ́).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ˈtit.tum/

Noun

tittum f (plural tīnātum) (from Old Akkadian on)

1. fig tree
2. fig

Alternative forms

• tittu (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒄑𒈠 (GIŠ.PEŠ₃)	𒋾𒀉𒌈 (ti-it-tum)

References

• “tittu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎^[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011