pûm

Akkadian

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pûm

𒄢𒄢𒈝 (gulgullum)

𒌋𒅗 (muḫḫum)

𒅆 (īnum)

𒅗 (appum)

𒅗 (pûm)

𒋢𒊌𒌈 (suqtum)

isum

𒉿 (uznum)

𒊕𒆠 (nakkaptum)

𒍣 (napištum)

𒄘 (kišādum)

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𒇿

𒇿 (pagrum)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpuːm/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *pay- (“mouth”). Cognate with Arabic فَم (fam) and Biblical Hebrew פֶּה (pɛ).

Noun

pûm m (base pī or pā, construct state pī, pronominal state pī, plural pâtum f) (from Old Akkadian on)

1. mouth
2. word(s), utterance, speech, command
3. mind, mood, opinion

Alternative forms

• pû (non-mimated)
• pā'um (Old Akkadian, Old Assyrian)
• pī'um (Old Akkadian, Old Assyrian)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒅗 (KA) (Ras Sharma, Boghazkeui) 𒆇 (KA×U) (Standard Babylonian) 𒊩𒇬 (MURUB₂)	𒁍𒌑𒌝 (pu-u₂-um)

Related terms

• ana pîm
• ana pī
• ina pîm
• piam epēšum
• piam šakānum
• ša pī
• ṣīt pîm

Etymology 2

𒅔𒇧𒇧 (pû)

Unknown.

Noun

pûm m (base pā, plural pû) (from Old Assyrian/Old Babylonian on)

1. chaff, husks, stubble

Usage notes

Often used in the plural.

Alternative forms

• pû (non-mimated)
• pa'um, pu'u

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒅔𒇧𒇧 (IN.BUL.BUL) 𒊺𒅔𒇧𒇧 (ŠE.IN.BUL.BUL)	𒁍𒌑 (pu-u₂) 𒁍𒌋 (pu-u)

References

• “pû A”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎^[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
• “pû B”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎^[2], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
• Black, Jeremy; George, Andrew; Postgate, Nicholas (2000), “pû”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, via the electronic Babylonian Library
• Black, Jeremy; George, Andrew; Postgate, Nicholas (2000), “pû”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, via the electronic Babylonian Library

Mizo

Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *pu(u)m.

Noun

pûm

1. raft

Further reading

• Lorrain, J. Herbert (1940), “pum”, in Dictionary of the Lushai language, Calcutta: Asiatic Society