ṭuppum
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Sumerian 𒁾 (dub, “tablet, document”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /ˈtˤup.pum/
Noun
[edit]ṭuppum m or f (construct state ṭuppi, pronominal state ṭuppa, plural ṭuppū m or ṭuppātum f) (from Old Akkadian on)
- tablet, document, letter
- Synonym: 𒂊𒄈𒌓 (egertu)
- 𒁾𒁀𒄠 𒊭𒁕𒊒𒌝 [ṭuppam šaṭārum] ― ṭup-pá-am ša-ṭa-ru-um ― to write a document
- 𒁾𒁀𒄠 𒀀𒈠𒊒𒌝 [ṭuppam amārum] ― ṭup-pá-am a-ma-ru-um ― to read a tablet
- 𒁕𒀀𒀀𒉡𒌝 𒌅𒉺𒄠 𒄿𒍣𒅁
- [dayyānum ṭuppam īzib]
- da-a-a-nu-um ṭu₂-pa-am i-zi-ib
- The judge made out a tablet.
Alternative forms
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Derived terms
[edit]- bīt ṭuppim (“school”)
- qan ṭupim (“stylus”)
Descendants
[edit]- → Classical Syriac: ܛܒܥܐ (tˤavʿā)
- → Hebrew: דַּף (dap̄)
- → Elamite:
- >? Central Kurdish: دیو (dîw, “room, chamber”)
References
[edit]- “ṭuppu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
- Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “ṭuppu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
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