alpum

Akkadian

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʔalp- (“head of cattle”). Cognate with Biblical Hebrew אֶלֶף (ʔɛ́lɛp̄, “head of cattle”).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ˈal.pum/

Noun

alpum m (construct state alap, plural alpū) (from Old Akkadian on)

1. ox, bull
2. head of cattle
3. beef

Alternative forms

• alpu (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒄞 (GUD, GU₄) 𒄞𒀴 (GUD.NITA₂) (Middle Assyrian, Neo-Assyrian) 𒄞𒄭𒀀 (GUD.ḪI.A) (plural)	𒀠𒁍𒌝 (al-pu-um)

References

• “alpu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎^[1], volume 1, A, part 1, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1964