๐’„€


๐’„€ U+12100, 𒄀
CUNEIFORM SIGN GI
โ† ๐’ƒฟ
[U+120FF]
Cuneiform ๐’„ โ†’
[U+12101]

Translingual

Cuneiform sign

๐’„€ Sign Number
MZL 141
Deimel 85
HZL 30

Derived signs

References

  • R. Borger, Mesopotamisches Zeichenlexikon (MZL), Mรผnster (2003)
  • A. Deimel, ล umerisches Lexikon (Deimel), Rome (1947)
  • Chr. Rรผster, E. Neu, Hethitisches Zeichenlexikon (HZL), Wiesbaden (1989)

Akkadian

Sign values

Sign ๐’„€
Sumerograms GI, SIGโ‚โ‚‡
Phonetic values ge, gi

Etymology 1

Orthographic borrowing from Sumerian ๐’„€ (gi, โ€œreedโ€).

Logogram

๐’„€ โ€ข (GI)

  1. Sumerogram of qanรปm
  2. (Neo-Babylonian) Sumerogram of ลกalฤmum

Etymology 2

Orthographic borrowing from Sumerian ๐’„€ (gi, ginโ‚† /โ ginโ /, โ€œto be firm, trueโ€).

Logogram

๐’„€ โ€ข (GI)

  1. Sumerogram of kรขnum
  2. Sumerogram of kฤซnum
  3. (colophones) Sumerogram of takฤlum

Etymology 3

Logogram

๐’„€ โ€ข (GI)

  1. (occasionally) Akkadogram of epฤ“ลกum

Sumerian

Etymology 1

Noun

๐’„€ โ€ข (gi)

  1. reed
  2. a measuring reed
  3. a unit of length equal to 6 ๐’Œ‘ (kuลกโ‚ƒ, โ€œcubitsโ€).

References

  • โ€œ๐’„€ (gi)โ€ in ePSD2

Etymology 2

Verb

๐’„€ โ€ข (sigโ‚โ‚‡, sissig)

  1. alternative form of ๐’…Š (sigโ‚‡, โ€œto be green, yellowโ€)

Etymology 3

Verb

๐’„€ โ€ข (gi)

  1. alternative form of ๐’„„ (giโ‚„ /โ giโ /)

Etymology 4

Alternative forms of
/gin/
๐’„€๐’…” (gi-in)
๐’บ (gin)
๐’„€๐’‚— (ge-en)
๐’„€๐’Šญ (ge-enโ‚ˆ)

Verb

๐’„€ โ€ข (ginโ‚† /gin/)

  1. (intransitive) to be firm, permanent
  2. (intransitive) to be true, correct, normal
  3. (transitive) to make firm
  4. (transitive) to confirm, establish, verify

References

  • โ€œ๐’„€ (gin)โ€ in ePSD2

See also

  • Sumerian terms spelled with ๐’„€