kurûm

Akkadian

Root
k-r-y
1 term

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

kurûm (feminine kurītum, masculine plural kurûtum, feminine plural kuriātum, predicative kuri) (from Old Akkadian on)

1. verbal adjective of karûm:
   1. short (time and size)

      𒊭 𒍠 𒆸𒁕𒈠 𒊭 𒆏 𒁍𒁕 [ša imnim kurīma ša šumēlim arik] ― ša ZAG LUGUD₂.DA-ma ša GUB₃ GID₂.DA ― The right one is short, the left one, long.

   2. (nominalized) short (person), dwarf

Alternative forms

• kurû (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒆸 (LUGUD₂, GUD₈, GUDₓ) 𒆸𒁕 (LUGUD₂.DA, GUD₈.DA, GUDₓ.DA)	𒆪𒊒𒌑𒌝 (ku-ru-u₂-um) 𒆪𒊒𒌝 (ku-ru-um) 𒆪𒊒𒌑 (ku-ru-u₂) 𒆪𒊒𒌋 (ku-ru-u) 𒆪𒊒 (ku-ru)

Antonyms

• arkum

References

• “kurû”, 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) “kurû(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag