Akkadian Addenda

The deck — cut 10

The same cards as the drills shelf, dealt in another order. Answer out loud or on paper, then unfold and check. Next session, take another cut.

  1. 𒅖 [iš] — what does it mean?

    dust · IŠ · dust, soil

  2. 𒌫 [ur] — what does it mean?

    lap · UR2 · the lap — a body's base; foundations in the lists

  3. [ub] · nook — write it

    𒌒 · UB · [ub]; a corner-nook in the lists

  4. 𒀩 — read it

    [ṣalmum] · statue · ALAN · the statue — a person's standing image; written ALAN, spoken ṣalmum

  5. 𒆠 [ki/qi] — what does it mean?

    place · KI · veteran — KI gains [qi]: qibīma's opener — the old ki serves as ever

  6. [šarrum] · king — write it

    𒈗 · LUGAL · veteran — LUGAL gains [šarrum]: the king-sign as a sumerogram

  7. 𒉺 [pa] — what does it mean?

    branch · PA · branch; the scepter in Sumerian

  8. [ib/eb/ep] · corner — write it

    𒅁 · IB · a corner in the lists

  9. 𒉈 — read it

    [bi] · brazier · NE · veteran — NE gains [bi]: qibīma, "speak!" — the letter-opener's middle

  10. 𒇉 [id] — what does it mean?

    the deep · ENGUR · the sweet waters under the earth (engur); with A before it one word — written ID2, spoken Id: the River

  11. [am] · wild bull — write it

    𒄠 · AM · wild bull — a bull-sign marked with "mountain"

  12. 𒈧 — read it

    [maš] · kid · MASZ2 · the kid goat — and the interest on a loan: growth measured the herdsman's way

  13. 𒆗 — read it

    [dan] · mighty · KAL · veteran — KAL gains [dan]: dannum, "the strong"

  14. 𒀾 [as] — what does it mean?

    curse · AŠ2 · a curse in the lists

  15. [ig/ik/iq] · door — write it

    𒅅 · IG · the door

  16. [qa] · milk — write it

    𒂵 · GA · veteran — GA gains [qa]: nasqā, "choice" — the emphatic q

  17. 𒌒 [ub] — what does it mean?

    nook · UB · [ub]; a corner-nook in the lists

  18. [ṣalmum] · statue — write it

    𒀩 · ALAN · the statue — a person's standing image; written ALAN, spoken ṣalmum

  19. 𒄰 — read it

    [kam] · ordinal · KAM · the counting tag after numbers — "-th"

  20. 𒈗 [šarrum] — what does it mean?

    king · LUGAL · veteran — LUGAL gains [šarrum]: the king-sign as a sumerogram

  21. 𒌅 — read it

    [ṭu] · born · TU · veteran — TU gains [ṭu2]: ṭubbim, "to make well"

  22. 𒅕 — read it

    [ir/er] · scent · IR · scent, perfume in the lists

  23. 𒅁 [ib/eb/ep] — what does it mean?

    corner · IB · a corner in the lists

  24. [bi] · brazier — write it

    𒉈 · NE · veteran — NE gains [bi]: qibīma, "speak!" — the letter-opener's middle

  25. 𒄴 — read it

    [ah/eh/uh] · sigh · AH · a pure syllable — the throat's breath in three colors; me-eḫ-ri-šu, "his equal"

  26. 𒌉 — read it

    [mārum] · child · TUR · veteran — TUR gains [mārum]: the son-sign DUMU as a sumerogram

  27. 𒄠 [am] — what does it mean?

    wild bull · AM · wild bull — a bull-sign marked with "mountain"

  28. [maš] · kid — write it

    𒈧 · MASZ2 · the kid goat — and the interest on a loan: growth measured the herdsman's way

  29. [dan] · mighty — write it

    𒆗 · KAL · veteran — KAL gains [dan]: dannum, "the strong"

  30. 𒅅 [ig/ik/iq] — what does it mean?

    door · IG · the door

  31. 𒂵 [qa] — what does it mean?

    milk · GA · veteran — GA gains [qa]: nasqā, "choice" — the emphatic q

  32. 𒀩 [ṣalmum] — what does it mean?

    statue · ALAN · the statue — a person's standing image; written ALAN, spoken ṣalmum

  33. [kam] · ordinal — write it

    𒄰 · KAM · the counting tag after numbers — "-th"

  34. [ṭu] · born — write it

    𒌅 · TU · veteran — TU gains [ṭu2]: ṭubbim, "to make well"

  35. [ir/er] · scent — write it

    𒅕 · IR · scent, perfume in the lists

  36. 𒀜 — read it

    [ad/at] · father · AD · father

  37. 𒌑 — read it

    [u] · grass · U2 · plant, grass

  38. 𒁁 — read it

    [be] · open · BAD · [be]; as a word, to open, apart

  39. 𒉈 [bi] — what does it mean?

    brazier · NE · veteran — NE gains [bi]: qibīma, "speak!" — the letter-opener's middle

  40. [ah/eh/uh] · sigh — write it

    𒄴 · AH · a pure syllable — the throat's breath in three colors; me-eḫ-ri-šu, "his equal"

  41. [mārum] · child — write it

    𒌉 · TUR · veteran — TUR gains [mārum]: the son-sign DUMU as a sumerogram

  42. 𒋰 — read it

    [tab/tap] · pair · TAB · two wedges side by side — a pair; to double

  43. 𒅀 — read it

    [ia] · my · IA · i and a fused in one sign — the -ya of "my"

  44. 𒀠 — read it

    [al] · hoe · AL · the hoe

  45. 𒈧 [maš] — what does it mean?

    kid · MASZ2 · the kid goat — and the interest on a loan: growth measured the herdsman's way

  46. 𒆗 [dan] — what does it mean?

    mighty · KAL · veteran — KAL gains [dan]: dannum, "the strong"

  47. 𒁉 — read it

    [pi] · its · BI · veteran — BI gains [pi2]: the last syllable of Ḫammurapi

  48. 𒄰 [kam] — what does it mean?

    ordinal · KAM · the counting tag after numbers — "-th"

  49. 𒌅 [ṭu] — what does it mean?

    born · TU · veteran — TU gains [ṭu2]: ṭubbim, "to make well"

  50. 𒅕 [ir/er] — what does it mean?

    scent · IR · scent, perfume in the lists

  51. [ad/at] · father — write it

    𒀜 · AD · father

  52. [u] · grass — write it

    𒌑 · U2 · plant, grass

  53. [be] · open — write it

    𒁁 · BAD · [be]; as a word, to open, apart

  54. 𒅈 — read it

    [ar] · praise · AR · praise, glory in the lists; here the syllable of maḫar, "before"

  55. 𒌝 — read it

    [um] · tether · UM · [um]; the nominative's closing -um

  56. 𒊍 — read it

    [as/az] · bear · AZ · the bear in the lists; one sign for three tails — as, az, and the pressed aṣ

  57. 𒁍 — read it

    [bu/pu] · tear · BU · [bu]; to tear away in the lists

  58. 𒄴 [ah/eh/uh] — what does it mean?

    sigh · AH · a pure syllable — the throat's breath in three colors; me-eḫ-ri-šu, "his equal"

  59. 𒁲 — read it

    [ṭi] · verdict · DI · veteran — DI gains [ṭi]: liṭīb, "may it be sweet"

  60. 𒌉 [mārum] — what does it mean?

    child · TUR · veteran — TUR gains [mārum]: the son-sign DUMU as a sumerogram

  61. [tab/tap] · pair — write it

    𒋰 · TAB · two wedges side by side — a pair; to double

  62. [ia] · my — write it

    𒅀 · IA · i and a fused in one sign — the -ya of "my"

  63. [al] · hoe — write it

    𒀠 · AL · the hoe

  64. 𒋼 — read it

    [te] · approach · TE · to approach in the lists

  65. 𒊑 — read it

    [re] · distant · RI · veteran — RI gains [re]: ašarēd, "foremost" — the e-colored ri

  66. [pi] · its — write it

    𒁉 · BI · veteran — BI gains [pi2]: the last syllable of Ḫammurapi

  67. 𒀜 [ad/at] — what does it mean?

    father · AD · father

  68. 𒈪 — read it

    [mi] · night · MI · night, black

  69. 𒄊 — read it

    [eṣemtum] · path · GIR3 · the foot, the path; never voiced alone here — with PAD.DU it writes eṣemtum, "bone"

  70. 𒌑 [u] — what does it mean?

    grass · U2 · plant, grass

  71. 𒁺 — read it

    [ra] · go · DU · veteran — DU gains [ra2]: the third sign of the bone-compound

  72. 𒁁 [be] — what does it mean?

    open · BAD · [be]; as a word, to open, apart

  73. [ar] · praise — write it

    𒅈 · AR · praise, glory in the lists; here the syllable of maḫar, "before"

  74. [um] · tether — write it

    𒌝 · UM · [um]; the nominative's closing -um

  75. [as/az] · bear — write it

    𒊍 · AZ · the bear in the lists; one sign for three tails — as, az, and the pressed aṣ

  76. [bu/pu] · tear — write it

    𒁍 · BU · [bu]; to tear away in the lists

  77. [ṭi] · verdict — write it

    𒁲 · DI · veteran — DI gains [ṭi]: liṭīb, "may it be sweet"

  78. 𒋰 [tab/tap] — what does it mean?

    pair · TAB · two wedges side by side — a pair; to double

  79. 𒅀 [ia] — what does it mean?

    my · IA · i and a fused in one sign — the -ya of "my"

  80. 𒀠 [al] — what does it mean?

    hoe · AL · the hoe

  81. [te] · approach — write it

    𒋼 · TE · to approach in the lists

  82. [re] · distant — write it

    𒊑 · RI · veteran — RI gains [re]: ašarēd, "foremost" — the e-colored ri

  83. 𒁉 [pi] — what does it mean?

    its · BI · veteran — BI gains [pi2]: the last syllable of Ḫammurapi

  84. 𒌌 — read it

    [ul] · never · UL · the flat no of statements

  85. [mi] · night — write it

    𒈪 · MI · night, black

  86. [eṣemtum] · path — write it

    𒄊 · GIR3 · the foot, the path; never voiced alone here — with PAD.DU it writes eṣemtum, "bone"

  87. 𒅈 [ar] — what does it mean?

    praise · AR · praise, glory in the lists; here the syllable of maḫar, "before"

  88. [ra] · go — write it

    𒁺 · DU · veteran — DU gains [ra2]: the third sign of the bone-compound

  89. 𒂆 — read it

    [šiqlum] · shekel · GIN2 · the shekel-sign — written GIN2, spoken šiqlum: the weight silver moves in

  90. 𒌝 [um] — what does it mean?

    tether · UM · [um]; the nominative's closing -um

  91. 𒊍 [as/az] — what does it mean?

    bear · AZ · the bear in the lists; one sign for three tails — as, az, and the pressed aṣ

  92. 𒁍 [bu/pu] — what does it mean?

    tear · BU · [bu]; to tear away in the lists

  93. 𒁲 [ṭi] — what does it mean?

    verdict · DI · veteran — DI gains [ṭi]: liṭīb, "may it be sweet"

  94. 𒋼 [te] — what does it mean?

    approach · TE · to approach in the lists

  95. 𒆪 — read it

    [qu] · seize · KU · veteran — KU gains [qu]: šūqurātim, "precious"

  96. 𒊑 [re] — what does it mean?

    distant · RI · veteran — RI gains [re]: ašarēd, "foremost" — the e-colored ri

  97. 𒌔 — read it

    [uh] · spittle · UH2 · spittle, phlegm in the lists

  98. 𒇴 — read it

    [lam] · flourish · LAM · luxuriance, flourishing

  99. [ul] · never — write it

    𒌌 · UL · the flat no of statements

  100. 𒋳 — read it

    [šum] · touch · TAG · to touch, strike; šumma's first half

  101. 𒉣 — read it

    [nun] · prince · NUN · prince, noble

  102. 𒈪 [mi] — what does it mean?

    night · MI · night, black

  103. 𒄊 [eṣemtum] — what does it mean?

    path · GIR3 · the foot, the path; never voiced alone here — with PAD.DU it writes eṣemtum, "bone"

  104. [šiqlum] · shekel — write it

    𒂆 · GIN2 · the shekel-sign — written GIN2, spoken šiqlum: the weight silver moves in

  105. 𒁺 [ra] — what does it mean?

    go · DU · veteran — DU gains [ra2]: the third sign of the bone-compound

  106. 𒊭 — read it

    [ša] · which · ŠA · the particle ša — "which, of"; the school's hinge-word

  107. 𒈝 — read it

    [lum] · ripen · LUM · to ripen, be fruitful

  108. 𒍢 — read it

    [ṣi/ṣe] · bile · ZE2 · bile, gall; the emphatic

  109. 𒅇 — read it

    [u] · and · U3 · the conjunction u — "and"

  110. 𒊌 — read it

    [ug/uk] · lion · UG · a raging beast — a lion-sign marked with "day"

  111. [qu] · seize — write it

    𒆪 · KU · veteran — KU gains [qu]: šūqurātim, "precious"

  112. 𒂖 — read it

    [el] · bright · EL · bright, pure (ellum)

  113. [uh] · spittle — write it

    𒌔 · UH2 · spittle, phlegm in the lists

  114. [lam] · flourish — write it

    𒇴 · LAM · luxuriance, flourishing

  115. 𒅋 — read it

    [il] · step · IL · the il- of illak, "he goes"

  116. 𒌌 [ul] — what does it mean?

    never · UL · the flat no of statements

  117. [šum] · touch — write it

    𒋳 · TAG · to touch, strike; šumma's first half

  118. [nun] · prince — write it

    𒉣 · NUN · prince, noble

  119. 𒍪 — read it

    [su] · know · ZU · veteran — ZU gains [su]: the -su left when -šu melts: iktašassu

  120. 𒀊 — read it

    [ab/ap] · window · AB · a window in the lists

  121. 𒂆 [šiqlum] — what does it mean?

    shekel · GIN2 · the shekel-sign — written GIN2, spoken šiqlum: the weight silver moves in

  122. [ša] · which — write it

    𒊭 · ŠA · the particle ša — "which, of"; the school's hinge-word

  123. [lum] · ripen — write it

    𒈝 · LUM · to ripen, be fruitful

  124. [ṣi/ṣe] · bile — write it

    𒍢 · ZE2 · bile, gall; the emphatic

  125. 𒊹 — read it

    [šar] · myriad · ŠAR2 · 3600 — the number of everything

  126. [u] · and — write it

    𒅇 · U3 · the conjunction u — "and"

  127. [ug/uk] · lion — write it

    𒊌 · UG · a raging beast — a lion-sign marked with "day"

  128. 𒆪 [qu] — what does it mean?

    seize · KU · veteran — KU gains [qu]: šūqurātim, "precious"

  129. [el] · bright — write it

    𒂖 · EL · bright, pure (ellum)

  130. 𒌔 [uh] — what does it mean?

    spittle · UH2 · spittle, phlegm in the lists

  131. 𒇴 [lam] — what does it mean?

    flourish · LAM · luxuriance, flourishing

  132. [il] · step — write it

    𒅋 · IL · the il- of illak, "he goes"

  133. 𒋳 [šum] — what does it mean?

    touch · TAG · to touch, strike; šumma's first half

  134. 𒉣 [nun] — what does it mean?

    prince · NUN · prince, noble

  135. [su] · know — write it

    𒍪 · ZU · veteran — ZU gains [su]: the -su left when -šu melts: iktašassu

  136. [ab/ap] · window — write it

    𒀊 · AB · a window in the lists

  137. 𒊭 [ša] — what does it mean?

    which · ŠA · the particle ša — "which, of"; the school's hinge-word

  138. 𒈝 [lum] — what does it mean?

    ripen · LUM · to ripen, be fruitful

  139. 𒉻 — read it

    [eṣemtum] · morsel · PAD · a morsel, a ration; the middle of the bone-compound GIR3.PAD.RA2

  140. 𒍢 [ṣi/ṣe] — what does it mean?

    bile · ZE2 · bile, gall; the emphatic

  141. [šar] · myriad — write it

    𒊹 · ŠAR2 · 3600 — the number of everything

  142. 𒅇 [u] — what does it mean?

    and · U3 · the conjunction u — "and"

  143. 𒊌 [ug/uk] — what does it mean?

    lion · UG · a raging beast — a lion-sign marked with "day"

  144. 𒉿 — read it

    [wa/wi] · ear · PI · ear; the w Sumerian never wrote

  145. 𒂖 [el] — what does it mean?

    bright · EL · bright, pure (ellum)

  146. 𒅋 [il] — what does it mean?

    step · IL · the il- of illak, "he goes"

  147. 𒈹 — read it

    [Ištar] · goddess · INANNA · the goddess's reed-bundle standard — written INANNA, spoken Ištar in Akkadian mouths

  148. 𒌓 — read it

    [tam] · day · UD · veteran — UD gains [tam]: nērtam, the murder charge of law 1

  149. 𒍪 [su] — what does it mean?

    know · ZU · veteran — ZU gains [su]: the -su left when -šu melts: iktašassu

  150. 𒀊 [ab/ap] — what does it mean?

    window · AB · a window in the lists

  151. 𒍝 — read it

    [ṣa] · bead · ZA · veteran — ZA gains [ṣa]: uṣṣab, "it will grow" — interest's own syllable

  152. 𒂍 — read it

    [bītum] · house · É · veteran — É gains [bītum]: the house-sign as a sumerogram

  153. [eṣemtum] · morsel — write it

    𒉻 · PAD · a morsel, a ration; the middle of the bone-compound GIR3.PAD.RA2

  154. 𒊹 [šar] — what does it mean?

    myriad · ŠAR2 · 3600 — the number of everything

  155. 𒇷 — read it

    [li/le] · juniper · LI · [li/le]; a juniper in the lists

  156. 𒊬 — read it

    [šar] · write · SAR · veteran — SAR gains [šar]: šarrum, the king spelled sound by sound

  157. [wa/wi] · ear — write it

    𒉿 · PI · ear; the w Sumerian never wrote

  158. 𒅆 — read it

    [ši/lim] · eye · IGI · veteran — IGI gains [ši/lim]: šīmātum's opener, awīlim's close

  159. [Ištar] · goddess — write it

    𒈹 · INANNA · the goddess's reed-bundle standard — written INANNA, spoken Ištar in Akkadian mouths

  160. [tam] · day — write it

    𒌓 · UD · veteran — UD gains [tam]: nērtam, the murder charge of law 1

  161. [ṣa] · bead — write it

    𒍝 · ZA · veteran — ZA gains [ṣa]: uṣṣab, "it will grow" — interest's own syllable

  162. [bītum] · house — write it

    𒂍 · É · veteran — É gains [bītum]: the house-sign as a sumerogram

  163. 𒁴 — read it

    [tim] · post · DIM · post, pillar; the genitive's -tim

  164. 𒉻 [eṣemtum] — what does it mean?

    morsel · PAD · a morsel, a ration; the middle of the bone-compound GIR3.PAD.RA2

  165. 𒀉 — read it

    [id/it/ed/et] · arm · A2 · veteran — A2 gains [id/it/ed/et]: the dental family, both vowel colors

  166. [li/le] · juniper — write it

    𒇷 · LI · [li/le]; a juniper in the lists

  167. [šar] · write — write it

    𒊬 · SAR · veteran — SAR gains [šar]: šarrum, the king spelled sound by sound

  168. 𒉿 [wa/wi] — what does it mean?

    ear · PI · ear; the w Sumerian never wrote

  169. [ši/lim] · eye — write it

    𒅆 · IGI · veteran — IGI gains [ši/lim]: šīmātum's opener, awīlim's close

  170. 𒈹 [Ištar] — what does it mean?

    goddess · INANNA · the goddess's reed-bundle standard — written INANNA, spoken Ištar in Akkadian mouths

  171. 𒌧 — read it

    [mātum] · the Land · KALAM · veteran — KALAM gains [mātum]: the Land-sign as a sumerogram

  172. 𒌓 [tam] — what does it mean?

    day · UD · veteran — UD gains [tam]: nērtam, the murder charge of law 1

  173. 𒅖 — read it

    [iš] · dust · IŠ · dust, soil

  174. 𒍝 [ṣa] — what does it mean?

    bead · ZA · veteran — ZA gains [ṣa]: uṣṣab, "it will grow" — interest's own syllable

  175. 𒂍 [bītum] — what does it mean?

    house · É · veteran — É gains [bītum]: the house-sign as a sumerogram

  176. [tim] · post — write it

    𒁴 · DIM · post, pillar; the genitive's -tim

  177. 𒌫 — read it

    [ur] · lap · UR2 · the lap — a body's base; foundations in the lists

  178. [id/it/ed/et] · arm — write it

    𒀉 · A2 · veteran — A2 gains [id/it/ed/et]: the dental family, both vowel colors

  179. 𒆠 — read it

    [ki/qi] · place · KI · veteran — KI gains [qi]: qibīma's opener — the old ki serves as ever

  180. 𒇷 [li/le] — what does it mean?

    juniper · LI · [li/le]; a juniper in the lists

  181. 𒊬 [šar] — what does it mean?

    write · SAR · veteran — SAR gains [šar]: šarrum, the king spelled sound by sound

  182. 𒉺 — read it

    [pa] · branch · PA · branch; the scepter in Sumerian

  183. 𒅆 [ši/lim] — what does it mean?

    eye · IGI · veteran — IGI gains [ši/lim]: šīmātum's opener, awīlim's close

  184. 𒇉 — read it

    [id] · the deep · ENGUR · the sweet waters under the earth (engur); with A before it one word — written ID2, spoken Id: the River

  185. [mātum] · the Land — write it

    𒌧 · KALAM · veteran — KALAM gains [mātum]: the Land-sign as a sumerogram

  186. 𒀾 — read it

    [as] · curse · AŠ2 · a curse in the lists

  187. [iš] · dust — write it

    𒅖 · IŠ · dust, soil

  188. 𒁴 [tim] — what does it mean?

    post · DIM · post, pillar; the genitive's -tim

  189. [ur] · lap — write it

    𒌫 · UR2 · the lap — a body's base; foundations in the lists

  190. 𒌒 — read it

    [ub] · nook · UB · [ub]; a corner-nook in the lists

  191. [ki/qi] · place — write it

    𒆠 · KI · veteran — KI gains [qi]: qibīma's opener — the old ki serves as ever

  192. 𒀉 [id/it/ed/et] — what does it mean?

    arm · A2 · veteran — A2 gains [id/it/ed/et]: the dental family, both vowel colors

  193. 𒈗 — read it

    [šarrum] · king · LUGAL · veteran — LUGAL gains [šarrum]: the king-sign as a sumerogram

  194. [pa] · branch — write it

    𒉺 · PA · branch; the scepter in Sumerian

  195. 𒅁 — read it

    [ib/eb/ep] · corner · IB · a corner in the lists

  196. [id] · the deep — write it

    𒇉 · ENGUR · the sweet waters under the earth (engur); with A before it one word — written ID2, spoken Id: the River

  197. 𒄠 — read it

    [am] · wild bull · AM · wild bull — a bull-sign marked with "mountain"

  198. 𒌧 [mātum] — what does it mean?

    the Land · KALAM · veteran — KALAM gains [mātum]: the Land-sign as a sumerogram

  199. [as] · curse — write it

    𒀾 · AŠ2 · a curse in the lists

  200. 𒅅 — read it

    [ig/ik/iq] · door · IG · the door

  201. 𒂵 — read it

    [qa] · milk · GA · veteran — GA gains [qa]: nasqā, "choice" — the emphatic q

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