kalbum

Akkadian
Root
k-l-b
1 term

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *kalb- (“dog”). Cognate with Arabic كَلْب (kalb) and Biblical Hebrew כֶּלֶב (kɛ́lɛḇ).

Pronunciation

Noun

kalbum m (construct state kalab, plural kalbū, feminine kalbatum)

  1. dog also as an invective
    𒈪𒉡𒌝 𒋢𒉡𒈠 𒅗𒀠𒁍 [mīnum šunūma kalbū] ― mi-nu-um šu-nu-ma ka-al-bu ― What are they? (Nothing but) dogs!
  2. dog figurine
  3. (astronomy, with determinative 𒀯) Hercules (the constellation)

Alternative forms
Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic
  • 𒌨𒂠 (UR.GI₇)
  • 𒌨 (UR)
  • 𒌨𒂠𒎌 (UR.GI₇.MEŠ) (plural)
  • 𒀯𒌨𒂠 (MUL.UR.GI₇) (constellation)
  • 𒅗𒀠𒁍𒌝 (ka-al-bu-um)
  • 𒂵𒀠𒁍𒌝 (ka₃-al-bu-um)
  • 𒅗𒀠𒁍 (ka-al-bu)
  • 𒆗𒁍 (kal-bu)
  • 𒃲𒅤 (kal₂-bum)

References
  • “kalbu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
  • Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “kalbu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
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