U-*49

mother; rivals Akk. ummu 'capital', u- 'and' + PALM/TREE

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Reading
ʾummi
Confidence
Speculative
Root
*ʾu/imm- ‘mother’
Kind
Kinship
Language
Semitic
Rank
—

Compared forms

  • Akkadianummuummu ‘mother; initial investment, capital’ (CAD U/W 120)
  • Ugariticumum ‘mother’ (DULAT 67)
  • Hebrewʾēmʾēm ‘mother’ (HALOT 61)

Attestations1 cited

  1. ZA 10bU-*49 6mother; or capital; rival 'and palm/tree produce'

Commentary

ZA 10b .3 U-*49 6, in a list of entries with numbers. *49 writes mi, as in DA-U-*49 Dawmi and TO-*49-RE tamir; U-MI ʾummi ‘mother’, or Akk. ummu ‘initial investment, capital’ (CAD U/W 120), an account term. Rival: u- ‘and’ + *49 PALM/TREE, though *49 never stands alone. HT 126a ]U-*49 1 is broken before U. One witness. See U-MI-NA-SI and A-RE-TU-MI.

On the 3D inscriptions

Not written on any of the 82 inscriptions modelled so far.

Linear A Lexicon