𒀸

𒀸 U+12038, 𒀸 CUNEIFORM SIGN ASH ← 𒀷 [U+12037] Cuneiform 𒀹 → [U+12039]

Translingual

Cuneiform sign

𒀸	Sign Number
MZL	1
Deimel	1
HZL	1

References

• R. Borger, Mesopotamisches Zeichenlexikon (MZL), Münster (2003)
• A. Deimel, Šumerisches Lexikon (Deimel), Rome (1947)
• Chr. Rüster, E. Neu, Hethitisches Zeichenlexikon (HZL), Wiesbaden (1989)

Akkadian

Sign values

Sign	𒀸
Sumerograms	AŠ, DIL, DILI
Phonetic values	aš, dil, rum, ru₃

Etymology 1

Logogram

𒀸 • (AŠ)

1. Sumerogram of aplum (“heir”)
2. (in personal names) Sumerogram of nadānum (“to give”)
3. (extispicy) Sumerogram of šēpum (“foot”)

Etymology 2

Logogram

𒀸 • (AŠ)

1. Akkadogram of ina (“in, on, at”)

Etymology 3

Orthographic borrowing from Sumerian 𒀸 (dili, “so be single, alone”)

Logogram

𒀸 • (DILI, AŠ)

1. Sumerogram of wēdum (“single, alone”)

Hittite

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• ^mBU-Šàr.rù.ma: KUB 7.61,8

Logogram

𒀸 • (INA)

1. (Akkadogram) INA: in, represents the Locative case

Conjunction

𒀸 • (aš)

1. AŠ-ŠUM: because

Noun

^NA₄.AŠ.NU₁₁.GAL "adobe" 𒀸 • (aš)

1. AŠ.ME "solar disk"
2. (KUR)^URUAŠ.ŠUR "Assur"

Sumerian

Etymology 1

Verb

𒀸 • (aš)

1. to be one, single, individual

See also

𒁹 (diš, “one, 1”)

Etymology 2

Verb

𒀸 • (dili)

1. to be single, unique, one
2. to be alone

Derived terms

• 𒐀 (didli)

Etymology 3

Alternative forms of /ge/
𒌋 (ge₁₄)
𒀹 (ge₂₃)
𒁹 (ge₃)

Noun

𒀸 • (ge₁₅ /ge/)

1. blow
2. wound
3. stroke (of the stylus)
4. writing, exemplar, written copy

References

• Jagersma, Bram (2010), A Descriptive Grammar of Sumerian‎^[1] (doctoral thesis), page 242
• “𒀸 (aš)” in Daniel A. Foxvog, Elementary Sumerian Glossary, 2016
• “𒀸 (dili)” in Daniel A. Foxvog, Elementary Sumerian Glossary, 2016
• “𒀸 [aš]”, in ePSD2 (overall work in English), University of Pennsylvania, 2017–present
• “𒀸 [dili]”, in ePSD2 (overall work in English), University of Pennsylvania, 2017–present
• “𒀸 [ge]”, in ePSD2 (overall work in English), University of Pennsylvania, 2017–present