šumum

Akkadian

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *šim- (“name”). Cognate with Arabic اِسْم‎ (ism) and Biblical Hebrew שֵׁם‎ (šem).

Pronunciation

Noun

šumum m (construct state šum or šumi, plural šumū m or šumātum f)

  1. name
    𒀭𒄑 𒋗𒈪 𒀀𒈾𒆪 [Gilgāmeš šumī anāku] ― dGIŠ šu-mi a-na-ku ― Gilgamesh is my name.
  2. fame, reputation
  3. line of a tablet or composition
  4. meaning, interpretation of an omen
  5. (pronoun, preposition, conjunction) because of

Alternative forms
  • šumu (non-mimated), šemu (Standard Babylonian, occasionally), šuʾu (Neo-Babylonian)
Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic
  • 𒋗𒈬𒌑𒌝 (šu-mu-u₂-um)
  • 𒋗𒈬𒌝 (šu-mu-um)
  • 𒋗𒈬 (šu-mu)
  • mimma šumšu
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