tenû

Akkadian

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /teˈnuː/

Noun

tenû ?

1. 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.

Cuneiform spellings

Phonetic
𒋼𒉡𒌑 (te-nu-u₂) 𒋼𒉡𒌋 (te-nu-u)

References

• Miller, Douglas B., Shipp, R. Mark (2014) An Akkadian Handbook, 2nd edition, Eisenbrauns, page 186
• Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts