Template:Lex/U


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U.GÙN: (cf., ugun).

U.PIRIgtildcap...tag: (cf., kušu/kušumx(-ki)...tag).

ú-a: caretaker, provider ('food' + 'water' or nominative).

ú...bu-bu(-r): to tear out plants ('plant' + reduplicated 'to tear out').

ú-du(-l): (cf., udul).

ú-dug4: (cf., udug).

ú-durunx[DÚR.DÚR]-na: hay or dry brushwood ('grasses' + 'to dwell; to dry out' + nominative).

ú-gíd-da: long grasses ('grasses' + 'long' + nominative).

ú-gu(3)...dé: to lose; to disappear; to be lost (ugu,.'top of the head' + 'to sink').

ú-šè...gtildein/gub: to go to fetch food ('food' + terminative + 'to go/to stand').

ú...húb: to be deaf; to deafen.

ú-kígtilde-gtildeá: pasturage ('plants, grass, food' + 'to seek, work' + nominative).

ú...lá: to diminish; to stem (the flow of water).

ú-làl: a sweet water-plant, the eating of which is a metaphor for sexual intercourse ('plant' + 'honey').

ú-li: herb(s) ('plant' + 'fine smelling').

ú-lipiš-gig: nettles (?) ('plant' + 'anger/heart' + 'illness').

ú-lu-úbsar: leeks (cf., lu-úbsar).

ú-lu5-ši: (cf., ulušin).

Ú-NINNI5 [TIR/TIR]: a resin measured by volume.

ú-nu-kígtilde-gtildeá: untested grazing grounds (cf., ú-kígtilde-gtildeá).

ú...ri(-g): to collect firewood ('plants' + 'to glean; to bring').

ú-rum: private, personal (property); possession (cf., ùru[-m], 'to watch, guard, protect').

ú-sagtilde11: fascine to sustain a canal bank or levee ('plants' + 'to cut, break, harvest').

ú-sagtilde11...zé: to cut fascine plants ('fascine' + 'to cut').

ú-sal: a low-lying fertile area along a watercourse ('grass, plants' + 'to persist').

ú-sal-la...nú: to lie down in security ('food' + 'to persist' + 'to lie down').

ú-si4-an evening ('food' + 'red' + 'sky').

ú...sud/sù: to dine; to eat ('food' + 'to sip; to sprinkle').

ú-sug4: unclean, menstruating woman (cf., úzug).

ú-šim: grass and herbs = pasture (a Sumerian example of asyndetic hendiadys).

Ú-TIR: a spice or seed measured by weight.

ú-tul: (cf., udul).

ú-za-gìn: fresh hay ('grass' + 'clean').

ú-zug4: foul food ('food' + úzug, 'menstruating, unclean woman').

ù-a: n., sleep ('to sleep' + nominative).

ù-an-bar: (cf., u4-bar).

ù-bu-bu-ul: pus, pustule; flame (pronominal prefix + reduplicated bul(4); bu(5), to ignite; to sprout; Akkadian bubu'tu(m)).

ù-di: sleep; rest; daze, depression (cf., u6-di) ('sleep' + 'to go'; cf., gtildei6...di).

ù-gul...gtildear/gtildeá-gtildeá: to pray to; to entreat (with dative) (prospective modal prefix + 'evil' + 'to take oaths').

ù...ku(4): to sleep (reduplication class); to rest ('sleep' + 'to lie down; to enter').

ù-lul-la...ku(4): to sleep badly ('sleep' + 'treacherous' + 'to lie down; to enter').

ù-la: anything; nothing (pronominal prefix + 'numerous').

ù-luh-gi4-rin: scepter of pure, bright light (?) (ù for u4 ?).

ù-luh...sù: to send out offshoots (pronominal prefix + 'clean' + 'to stretch, rejoice').

ù-ma; ù-na: victory, triumph (prospective modal prefix + me-a, 'when in battle').

adj., domineering, pugnacious, impetuous.

ù-ma/ù-na...gub: to attain victory, triumph ('when in battle' + 'to emerge standing').

ù-mu-un: Emesal dialect, cf., en.

ù-nu-gtildear-ra: fraud (pronominal prefix + 'not' + 'established' + nominative).

ù-sá: sleep ('sleep' + 'to equal in value'; cf., gtildei6...sá, 'midnight').

ù-sá...dab5: to be overcome by sleep (ù-sá, 'sleep' + 'to seize').

(gtildeiš)ù-suh5: fir or spruce tree or wood (phonetic spelling shows original full pronunciation of suh5, 'confusion; to uproot; encircling wall').

ù-sun[BAD]: wild cow, cf., sún.

(gtildeiš)ù-šub: brick mold; a platform for molding or drying bricks (same form as udun, 'kiln for bricks'; pronominal prefix + 'to throw, drop, plop'; cf., šab, 'to chip out, apportion out').

ù-tu-(d): to give birth; to create ('to lie down' + 'to create'; cf., tud).

ù-ur5-re: all this (pronominal prefix + 'these').

u4...(-a): (at the time) when... [this brackets an entire phrase] ('time' + nominative or genitive).

u4...-a-gin7: while..., ('time' + 'as; when').

u4...-a-ta: after (the time) when... ('time' + 'after').

u4...á-bi/ba(-/ak/): to be or do on time, at the right moment ('time' + 'moment' + adverbial force suffix).

u4-an-na: light of the heavens ('light' + 'heaven' + genitive).

u4-ba: at that time; in those days; then ('time' + bi-a, 'that; its').

u4-bar: midday (cf., an-bar).

u4-bi-ta: the past ('days' + 'those' + 'from').

u4-buru14: at the time of the harvest ('days, time' + 'harvest').

u4-da: today ('day' + 'with, near, present').

u4-da gtildeiš-en: if ('today' + irrealis suffix).

u4-da-tuš: a clown who performed with bears and pigs ('today' + 'to set up camp').

u4(-bar)-dagtildeal: extensive daylight, long day ('day' ( + 'middle') + 'wide').

u4-gíd-da: all day long ('day' + 'to be long' + nominative suffix).

u4-huš: raging storm ('storm' + 'furious, terrible, awesome').

u4-imin: seven days ('day' + 'seven').

u4-na-me...nu-tuku: there was never ('time' + prohibitive modal prefix + 'to be' + 'to not have'; cf., lú...na-me...nu-).

u4-nu-dùg-ga: unhappy days ('day' + 'not' + 'sweet, good' + nominative suffix).

u4-ri-a: in those (far remote) days ('days' + remote demonstrative affix + locative).

u4-sa9-a: half a day ('day' + 'half' + nominative suffix).

u4-sakar[SAR](-ra): crescent moon; new moon; segment of a circle; a plant, possibly rushes or nettles ('day, light' + 'to begin' + 'renewal'; cf., é-u4-sakar).

u4-sakar-gibil: reviving new moon, thin crescent moon ('day, light' + 'to begin' + 'renewal'; cf., é-u4-sakar).

u4-sud-ra: for eternity ('time' + 'remote' + dative 'for').

u4...(al-)šú-šú-ru: to become cloudy or dark ('daylight' + šúš/šú, 'to become dark' + šur, 'to rain' ? + marû 3rd. sing. ending with vowel harmony).

u4-šú-uš(-e): daily; day by day ('day, daylight' + šúš/šú, 'to become dark' + locative-terminative postposition).

u4-te(-en): evening ('daylight' + 'to extinguish, cool down').

u4-te(-na): morning ('daylight' + 'to approach').

u4-tu(-ud)-da: birthday ('day' + 'birth' + genitive).

u4-tur(-ra): early in the day; short in duration ('time' + 'small').

u4-u: ten days ('day' + 'ten').

u4-ul-la; u4-ì-li: tomorrow ('day' + Akkadian elûm, 'to come up' and eli, 'above, beyond').

u4-ul-lí-a-ta: from long ago ('days' + 'ancient' + nominative + 'from').

u4-za-ha...(al-)aka: to waste a day; to disappear ('time' + 'to flee, hide, be lost' + 'to cause').

u4...zal: the day dawns; to spend the day; to elapse; to waste time; to be late ('time' + 'to flow, pass').

u4-zal-la: day, morning, dawn ('day' + 'to flow, elapse' + nominative).

u4-X zal-la: on the Xth day ('day' + 'to flow, elapse' + nominative).

u5-a: lullaby ('raised high' + nominative).

u5-bímušen; ú-bímušen; ub-bìmušen: whooping swan (onomatopoeic).

itiu5-bí-gu7: calendar month 3 at Drehem through Šu-Sin 3; calendar month 4 at Drehem after Šu-Sin 3; calendar month 4 at Ur during Ur III.

u6-di: admiration, amazement ('to be impressed' + 'to judge').

u6(-di)...di/dug4/e: to admire; to gain admiration ('admiration' + 'to speak, do').

u6...è/i(-i): to look; to appear ('to look at; to stare at' + 'to be or become visible').

u6-e...gub: to be wonderful ('amazement' + ergative agent marker + 'to stand').

u8-udu-há sheep; (flock of) sheep and goats.

u18[GIŠGAL]-lu: southwind [with classifier IM]; storm; sandstorm ('huge' + 'numerous, abundant').

u18-lu(-da)...dul: to cover with a storm ('storm' + 'with' + 'to cover').

u18[GIŠGAL]-ru(-n): exalted; high; overwhelming; mighty ('huge' + 'to send'; cf., uru16(-n)).

ub-ba...gub: to deposit in the corner ('corner' + locative + 'to set').

ub-líl-lá: outdoor shrine ('niche' + 'wind, spirit (of a place), fresh air' + nominative or genitive).

ub-šu-ukkin-na: assembly ('corner' + 'power' + 'meeting' + 'human being').

lúub5-kug-ga: keeper of the sacred drum ('drum' + 'pure, holy' + nominative).

ud: (cf., u4).

UD.KA.BAR: (cf., zabar).

UD.UD: (cf., babbar, dadag).

udu-dub: tablet-recorded sheep ('sheep' + 'tablet').

udu-nígtilde-gu7-a: fattened sheep ('sheep' + 'fattened').

udu-nitah: male sheep, ram ('sheep' + 'male').

udu-sar: a vegetable (?) ('sheep' + 'vegetable').

udu-siki: wool sheep ('sheep' + 'wool').

udu-šag5-ga: slaughtered sheep ('sheep' + 'to slaughter' + nominative).

udu-šár-a: perfect sheep ('sheep' + 'totality; to slaughter' + nominative).

udu-še-gu7-a: (wool from) barley-fed sheep ('sheep' + 'barley' + 'to eat' + nominative).

udu šu-nir: sheep whose wool was used to make streamers for the group standards.

udun-mah: huge baking oven ('oven' + 'huge').

udun-še-sa-a: barley roasting oven ('oven' + 'barley' + 'to roast' + nominative).

úgu...ba-a-gtildear: to place in a person's debit account ('account' + impersonal conjugation prefix + locative infix + 'to deposit') (cf., gú-a...gtildear).

ugu4-bi; a-gáb: ape, monkey ('to give birth' + inanimate demonstrative ["Inanimate are things and animals." Thomsen, p. 49]).

ugula-àga-ús: overseer of vassals ('overseer' + 'crown' + 'to follow').

ugula-íla: foreman of the porters ('overseer' + 'to carry').

ugula-gtildeéš-da: officer in charge of sixty men ('overseer' + gtildeezwedge, 'sixty' + genitival suffix /a(k)/).

ugula-uru(-na-/ak/): captain of the/his city ('overseer' + 'city' + 'his' + genitive).

ùgtildea-lu-a: multitudes ('people' + 'to be numerous' + nominative).

uh...uš7: (cf., ah...uš7).

uku-ús: (cf., aga(3)-ús).

ÙKU.ÍL: (cf., un-gùr).

ul.KU: receiver (?).

ul-šár-ra: jubilation ('joy' + 'to multiply' + nominative).

ul...šár: to gladden; to exult ('joy' + 'to multiply').

ul-ti(-a): happy mood ('joy' + 'life' + genitive).

ul4-la-bi: very soon, quickly ('quick' + adverbial ending).

um-ma: elderly lady; witch ('old woman' + 'to bind').

um-me-da: (cf., ummeda).

um-mi(3)-a: schoolmaster; scholar; artisan ('wise or skillful teacher' + 'offices, functions' + nominative or genitive).

umbin-gud: oxen hooves; oxen tracks ('fingernail' + 'ox').

umbin...kud: to shave; to shear; to manicure ('fingernail' + 'to cut off').

umuš...kúr: to change one's mind ('discernment; decision' + 'to change').

un-gùr/ga6(-me): a menial worker ('people' + Umma reading for íla sign, 'to bear, carry' + 'to be').

un-íl-me: menials ('people' + 'to carry' + 'to be').

un sagtilde-gtildei6: black-headed people = Sumerians ('people' + 'heads' + 'black').

unkin-gtildear-ra: communal assembly ('people' + 'to fetch' + 'to establish' + nominative).

unu(2,6)-gal: great dining hall ('elevated shrine, fortress' + 'great').

itiUR: calendar month 7 at Ur during Ur III; calendar month 10 at Umma before Šulgi 30.

ur-bar-ra: wolf ('dog' + 'outside' + nominative).

ur-bi; ur5-bi: together (cf., téš-bi).

ur-gir15/gi7[KU]: dog ('dog' + 'domestic').

ur-mah: lion ('carnivorous beast' + 'mighty').

ur-mú-da: watchdog (?) ('dog' + mud6, 'to sing' + nominative).

ur-sa6-ga: a pampered dog ('dog' + 'to be friendly' + nominative).

ur-sagtilde: hero, warrior ('young man' + 'first, in front').

ur-tur: a pet dog or puppy ('dog' + 'small').

ur-ur-a...gtildear: to assemble a list, schedule, or plan ('servants' + locative + 'to set').

úr...zé(-zé): to roam ('legs' + 'to cut continuously').

ur4-ur4: to devastate, lay bare (reduplicated 'to harvest').

ur5...aka: to gasp ('liver, soul' + 'to do').

ur5-da: to be mindful, careful; to hear ('heart, soul' + 'with').

ur5-di-da: famous (one) (?) (cf., lú-di-da).

ur5...gúr: to bow down (in grief) ('liver, soul' + 'to bow down, submit').

ur5 hé-en-na-nam-ma-àm: thus shall it be indeed ('thus' + 'it is indeed').

ur5-ra-šè: to be like that ('in such manner' + nominative + 'towards').

ur5-re, ur5-e: in such manner, thus ('it; thus' + locative terminative e).

ur5...sa6: to be/make comfortable, happy ('liver, soul' + 'to satisfy'; cf., nígtilde-ur5-sa6-sa6).

ur5...ša4: to roar, bellow ('liver, soul' + 'to mourn') (contrast še...ša4).

ur5-šè: debt with interest ('loan' + 'portion').

ur5-tud: domestic servant ('debt' + 'to be born').

ur5-tuku: debtor; creditor ('debt; loan' + 'to have').

uru-bar-ra: outside the city, outskirts of the city, the countryside ('city' + 'outside' + nominative).

uru-kúr(-ra): (in) a foreign city ('city' + 'strange' + locative).

uru-šà-ga: the interior city (contrasts to uru-bar-ra)('city' + 'inside' + nominative).

uru-tuš: (cf., ki-tuš).

urudu-A-EN-da: a type of copper.

urudu-nì-kala-ga: strong copper ('copper' + 'thing' + 'to be strong' + nominative).

us-ga: a type of priest.

ús-sagtilde: rigging (of a ship) ('side; to join' + 'bow of a ship'; cf., (gtildeiš)má-sagtilde-gtildeá).

ùsan-mar: wagon whip (?) ('whip' + 'wagon').

usu-tuku: a strong person ('skill; strength' + 'to have').

uš-bar: (cf., ušbar).

(gtildeiš)uš-bar: ruler's staff; scepter ('penis' + 'to see, show').

uš-gíd-da: storehouse; granary; silo (for barley, dates, oil) (cf., arah4) ('foundation' + 'to be long' + nominative).

uš-gtildear-ra: firm foundation ('foundation' + 'to establish' + nominative).

uš-sì-ga: unsafe foundation ('foundation' + 'to damage' + nominative).

úš-a: piling up an earthen block or dam (cf., a úš-a) ('to block' + nominative).

uš7...dug4: to spit ('spittle' + 'to speak, do, make').

uš11...sig10/sì: to throw/inject venom on/in... ('venom' + 'to apply, put in').

dutu-è: sunrise ('sun' + 'to rise; to become visible').

uz-ga: (cf., é-uz-ga).

UZ.TURmušen: (cf., bibadmušen).

ùz-ga-nagtilde: milking goat ('goat' + 'milk' + 'drinking').

uzu-ì: fatty meat ('meat' + 'fat').

uzu-libx[Í.UDU]: mutton fat ('meat' + 'mutton fat').