ūmam

Akkadian

Etymology

Adverbial accusative of 𒌓 (ūmum, “day”).

Pronunciation

Adverb

ūmam (Old Assyrian, Old Babylonian, Middle Assyrian, Standard Babylonian)

  1. today, on this day
    𒌓𒈠𒈠 ― u₄-ma-ma /ūmamma/ ― this very day
  2. for a day
  3. (correlative) on one day... on another...

Alternative forms
Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic
  • 𒌓𒈠𒄠 (u₄-ma-am)
  • 𒌓𒈠 (u₄-ma)

References
  • “ūma”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
  • Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “ūma(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
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