Personal name · Semitic

TU-MA

twin—birth-circumstance personal name from √t-ʾ-m

Reading
tūma
Type
Personal name Candidate
Language
Semitic Candidate
Sites
Haghia Triada
Attestations
1
Lexicon
TU-MA

Commentary

Akkadian tuʾāmu, Aramaic tōmā (= Thomas). First in 5-person roster on HT94b (LMIB).

Compared forms

From the lexicon entry TU-MA.

  • AmoriteTU-MA-NU-UM tuʾmānum (Gelb 1980, no. 6114), TA-MI (no. 6028), fem. tu-a-ma-tum, ‘twin’ (GlOS 2, 290)
Linear A Lexicon