nūnum

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Akkadian

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Etymology

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Possibly from Sumerian or a loanword from elsewhere into Semitic languages, also found in an Aramaic נוּנָא (nūnā) / Mandaic ࡍࡅࡍࡀ (nunā, fish) / ܢܽܘܢܳܐ (nūnā, fish) and Mishnaic Hebrew נוּן (nun, fish). (A Proto-Semitic *nūn- (fish) sometimes posited is hardly possible, in as much as two identical consonants linked by a vowel are a strange patterning for a Semitic noun.)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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nūnum m (plural nūnū)

  1. fish
  2. (astronomy) Piscis Austrinus

Alternative forms

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Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic

References

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  • “nūnu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)[1], volume 11, N, part 2, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1980
  • Huehnergard, John (2011) A Grammar of Akkadian (Harvard Semitic Studies; 45), 3rd edition, Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, page 611