𒉡

See also: -𒉡

𒉡 U+12261, 𒉡 CUNEIFORM SIGN NU ← 𒉠 [U+12260] Cuneiform 𒉢 → [U+12262]

Translingual

Cuneiform sign

𒉡	Sign Number
MZL	112
Deimel	75
HZL	11

References

• R. Borger, Mesopotamisches Zeichenlexikon (MZL), Münster (2003)
• A. Deimel, Šumerisches Lexikon (Deimel), Rome (1947)
• Chr. Rüster, E. Neu, Hethitisches Zeichenlexikon (HZL), Wiesbaden (1989)

Akkadian

Sign values

Sign	𒉡
Sumerograms	NU
Phonetic values	nu

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Sumerian 𒉡 (nu, “not”).

Logogram

𒉡 • (NU)

1. Sumerogram of lā (“not”)
2. Sumerogram of ul (“not”)

Hittite

𒉡	The cuneiform font displayed by default does not accurately represent the Hittite script. Please download and install Hittite fonts from www.hethport.uni-wuerzburg.de.

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *nu. Cognate with English now (via Old English nū), Sanskrit नु (nú, “now”), Old Irish no- (prefix).

Conjunction

𒉡 • (nu)

1. and
2. but

References

• Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008), “nu”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 607-608

Sumerian

Prefix

𒉡 • (nu /nu-/)

1. not, no

   𒃻𒈾𒈨𒉡𒈬𒁕𒀀𒌇

   nig̃₂ na-me nu-mu-da-a-tuku

   /nig name numu'dâtuku/

   I owe you nothing

   (literally, “you don't have anything with me”)

Verb

𒉡 • (nu)

1. to be not, no

   𒁮𒈬𒉡 ― dam-g̃u₁₀ nu /dam-g̃u nu/ ― She's not my wife.

See also

• Sumerian terms spelled with 𒉡

References

• “𒉡 [nu]”, in ePSD2 (overall work in English), University of Pennsylvania, 2017–present
• Jagersma, Bram (2010), A Descriptive Grammar of Sumerian‎^[1] (doctoral thesis), page 551