asum

Akkadian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈa.sum/

Etymology 1

    Noun

    asum f (from Old Akkadian on)

    1. myrtle
    Alternative forms
    Cuneiform spellings
    Logograms Phonetic
    • 𒊍 (AZ)
    • 𒄑𒊍 (gišAZ)
    • 𒋆𒊍 (šimAZ)
    • 𒄑𒋆𒊍 (giš.šimAZ)
    • (Standard Babylonian, Neo-Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian) 𒋆𒄈 (šimGIR₂)
    • (Mari) 𒄑𒀀𒊍 (gišA.AZ)
    • (Mari) 𒄑𒀀𒍪 (gišA.ZU)
    • 𒀀𒍪𒌝 (a-su₂-um)
    • 𒀀𒍪 (a-su₂)
    • 𒀀𒋢 (a-su)
    • 𒋆𒀀𒀉𒍮 (giša-a₂-zum)
    Descendants
    • → Aramaic: ܐܵܣܵܐ / אָסָא (ʾāsā)
    • →⇒ Hebrew: הֲדַס (hăḏás)
      • → Arabic: هَدَس (hadas)
        • → Amharic: ኣደስ (ʾadäs), አደስ (ʾädäs)
        • → Ge'ez: አደስ (ʾädäs)
        • → Swahili: mhadasi
        • → Tigrinya: ኣደስ (ʾadäs)
      • → Aramaic: הֲדַסַא (hăḏasā)
      • → German: Addas f (used once by Heinrich Heine)
      • → Yiddish:

    Etymology 2

      Borrowed from Sumerian 𒊍 (az, “bear”).

      Noun

      asum m (plural asātum f) (Old Babylonian, Standard Babylonian)

      1. bear
        Synonym: dabûm
      Alternative forms
      Cuneiform spellings
      Logograms Phonetic
      • 𒀀𒋢𒌝 (a-su-um)

      References

      • “asu A”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎[1], volume 1, A, part 2, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1968, page 342
      • “asu B”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎[2], volume 1, A, part 2, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1968, page 344

      Estonian

      Etymology

      From asuma +‎ -m.

      Noun

      asum (genitive asumi, partitive asumit)

      1. a district, subdistrict, or part of a city

      Declension

      Declension of asum (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
      singular plural
      nominative asum asumid
      accusative nom.
      gen. asumi
      genitive asumite
      partitive asumit asumeid
      illative asumisse asumitesse
      asumeisse
      inessive asumis asumites
      asumeis
      elative asumist asumitest
      asumeist
      allative asumile asumitele
      asumeile
      adessive asumil asumitel
      asumeil
      ablative asumilt asumitelt
      asumeilt
      translative asumiks asumiteks
      asumeiks
      terminative asumini asumiteni
      essive asumina asumitena
      abessive asumita asumiteta
      comitative asumiga asumitega

      Synonyms

      • linnaosa
      • rajoon

      Marrucinian

      Etymology

      Disputed. Perhaps related to Praenestine asom.

      Participle

      asum

      1. The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
        1. as, a type of Roman coin
        2. burnt

      References

      • Rex Wallace (1984), The Sabellian Languages‎[3], page 104
      • Blanca María Prósper (1 February 2020), “The Sabellic accusative plural endings and the outcome of the Indo-European sibilants in Italic”, in Journal of Language Relationship‎[4], volume 18, numbers 1-2, →DOI, →ISSN, page 48
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