See also: -𒉡

𒉡 U+12261, 𒉡
CUNEIFORM SIGN NU
𒉠
[U+12260]
Cuneiform𒉢
[U+12262]

Translingual edit

Cuneiform sign edit

𒉡Sign Number
MZL112
Deimel75
HZL11

References edit

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Wikipedia
  • R. Borger, Mesopotamisches Zeichenlexikon (MZL), Münster (2003)
  • A. Deimel, Šumerisches Lexikon (Deimel), Rome (1947)
  • Chr. Rüster, E. Neu, Hethitisches Zeichenlexikon (HZL), Wiesbaden (1989)

Akkadian edit

Sign values edit

Sign𒉡
SumerogramsNU
Phonetic valuesnu

Etymology edit

Orthographic borrowing from Sumerian 𒉡 (nu, not).

Logogram edit

𒉡 (NU)

  1. Sumerogram of (not)
  2. Sumerogram of ul (not)

Sumerian edit

Prefix edit

𒉡 (nu /nu-/)

  1. not, no
    𒃻𒈾𒈨𒉡𒈬𒁕𒀀𒌇
    nig̃₂ na-me nu-mu-da-a-tuku
    /nig name numu'dâtuku/
    I owe you nothing
    (literally, “you don't have anything with me”)

Verb edit

𒉡 (nu)

  1. to be not, no
    𒁮𒈬𒉡dam-g̃u₁₀ nu /dam-g̃u nu/ ― She's not my wife.

See also edit

References edit

  • 𒉡 (nu)” in ePSD2
  • Jagersma, Bram (2010) A Descriptive Grammar of Sumerian[1] (doctoral thesis), page 551