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Akkadian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Orthographic borrowing from Sumerian π π (am-si /β amsiβ /, βelephantβ).
Logogram
[edit]π π β’ (AM.SI)
- Sumerogram of pΔ«rum (βelephantβ)
Sumerian
[edit]π | π |
Noun
[edit]π π β’ (am-si /amsi/)
- elephant
- c. 2nd millennium BCE, Proverbs, Collection 5, Segment A, Proverb 5.1:
- π π ππΌππ π§π² πππ
π»π·πΆπ π‘π πΎπππ
ππΎπ·π ₯π·π π¬πΎππ ππ
π π·π π πΌππ¬π
πππΆπ π πΆπ¨πππΊ- am-si /niβ-te\-a-ni /maΕ‘β\-[anΕ‘e dΕ‘akkanβ-ka]
nigΜβ gΜeββ-ginβ-nam nu-gΜalβ na-[ab-beβ-a]
an-ti-riβ-guβmuΕ‘en-e mu-/na\-[ni-ib-giβ-giβ]
uβ gΜeββ-e igi-te-en-gΜuββ-Ε‘eβ
za-a-ginβ-nam al-dimβ-me-en-/e-Ε‘e\ - The elephant spoke to himself: "Among all the creatures of Ε akkan, the one that can defecate like me has yet to be created!" The wren answered him: "But I, in my own small way, can defecate just as much as you!"
- am-si /niβ-te\-a-ni /maΕ‘β\-[anΕ‘e dΕ‘akkanβ-ka]
Derived terms
[edit]- π π π (zuβ am-si /β zu amsiβ /, βivoryβ)
References
[edit]- βπ π (amsi)β in ePSD2