šūmū

Akkadian

𒋧 (šūmū)

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ṯūm- (“garlic”). Cognate with Arabic ثُوم (ṯūm) and Biblical Hebrew שׁוּם (šum).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ˈʃuː.muː/

Noun

šūmū m pl

1. garlic

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒋧 (SUM) 𒋧𒊬 (SUM.SAR) 𒌑𒋧𒊬 (U₂.SUM.SAR) (Neo-Assyrian) 𒊺𒋧𒊬 (ŠE.SUM.SAR) (Neo-Babylonian)	𒋗𒌑𒈬 (šu-u₂-mu) 𒋗𒈬 (šu-mu)