Translingual [ edit ]
Cuneiform sign [ edit ]
๐
Sign Number
MZL
863
Deimel
598c
HZL
373
Components
๐น
References [ edit ]
R. Borger, Mesopotamisches Zeichenlexikon (MZL ), Mรผnster (2003)
A. Deimel, ล umerisches Lexikon (Deimel ), Rome (1947)
Chr. Rรผster, E. Neu, Hethitisches Zeichenlexikon (HZL ), Wiesbaden (1989)
Akkadian [ edit ]
Sign values [ edit ]
Sign
๐
Sumerograms
420, 7, IMIN
Phonetic values
โ
Etymology [ edit ]
Orthographic borrowing from Sumerian ๐ ( imin /โ uminโ / , โ seven โ ) .
Logogram [ edit ]
๐ โข (IMIN )
Sumerogram of sebet ( โ seven โ )
Sumerian [ edit ]
Etymology [ edit ]
Almost certainly an additive compound of ๐ ( iโ /โ iโ / , โ five โ ) + ๐ซ ( min , โ two โ ) . Now mostly read umin . The /u/ in umin is due to analogy with the initial sound of ๐ ( ussu , โ eight, 8 โ ) . The form umum is due to vowel harmony.
Alternative forms of /umin/
๐
(iminโ, umunโ)
Numeral [ edit ]
๐ โข (imin /umin / or transliteration needed /umun /)
seven , 7
( poetic ) many , all
References [ edit ]
Jagersma, Bram (2010 ) A Descriptive Grammar of Sumerian [1] (doctoral thesis), page 242
โ๐ ( imin ) โ in ePSD2