Akkadian Addenda · Signs
sigh
| Name | AH |
|---|---|
| Reads | [aḫ/eḫ/uḫ] |
| Means | a pure syllable — the throat's breath in three colors; me-eḫ-ri-šu, "his equal" |
| Taught in | 16 · Eye, tooth, bone |
Where it comes from
A workhorse whose picture keeps its secret (unclear) — the lists hand it straight to the ear: one sign for the throat’s breath in all three colors, aḫ, eḫ, uḫ. Akkadian, rich in the ḫ-sound Sumerian barely used, keeps it busy.
How to remember it
A sigh — the same breath whether it rides an a, an e, or a u. One sign, three vowels, one rasp in the throat.
In the wild
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attribution.
Akkadian reading taught in 103’s chapter 16.