pūtum
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Akkadian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Semitic *piʔat- (side, edge, front). Cognate with Arabic فِئَة (fiʔa, “class, division”) and Biblical Hebrew פֵּאָה (peʾɔ, “edge, corner”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /ˈpuː.tum/
Noun[edit]
pūtum f (construct state pūt or pūti, plural pâtum or pūtātu) (from Old Akkadian on)
Usage notes[edit]
The plural form pūtātu is found in Middle Assyrian and Middle Babylonian texts.
Alternative forms[edit]
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References[edit]
- “pūtu”, 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) “pūtu(m) I”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag