aba, ab: lake; sea [AB archaic frequency: 384; concatenates 2 sign variants].

abba: (cf., ab-ba).

ubi^(ku6): a marine and fluvial fish [UBI archaic frequency: 7; concatenates 2 signs].

ubu [AŠ]: area measure, = 1/2 of an iku (= 50 sar).

ada, ad: n., father; shout; song [AD archaic frequency: 36; concatenates 3 sign variants].

v., to balk.

adda₍₂₎, ad_3,6: carcass, corpse; skeleton [ADDA archaic frequency: 4].

adda₄, ád: to dispatch, send; to drive away; shrub, thornbush [? KIŠIK archaic frequency: 21; concatenates 3 sign variants].

ída, íd, i₇: river; main canal; watercourse (éd,'to issue', + a,'water').

udu: sheep; small cattle; ram, wether [UDU archaic frequency: 452; concatenates 2 signs].

aga₍₃₎: diadem, circlet, crown (of legitimate kingship); turban [TUN₃ archaic frequency: 96; concatenates 3 sign variants].

uga^(mušen): raven.

egi₍₂₎: (cf., egir_2/3).

égi: (cf., ègir).

igi: n., eye(s); glance; face; aspect, looks; front (reduplicated ig, 'door') [IGI archaic frequency: 21].

v., to see.

prep., before, in front of.

igi: reciprocal of a number (= the multiplier that will give 60; the igi of 5 is 0;12) (abbreviation of igi-ál, 'that which is opposite').

ugu[U.GÙ]: n., skull; top of the head; top side; upper part; voice (cf., ùgun, ugu₍₄₎) (ù,'after it', + gú,'neck').

pron., him, her, them, this one.

prep., upon, over, on top; after; comparative enhancer of adjectives.

úgu[A.KA]: debits part of account tablet.

ugu₄[KU]: to bear, procreate, produce (cf., ugu₄-bi).

áa, á, áka, ám: to measure out, mete; to measure (area, length, time, capacity); to check.

ùa, ù, ùku, un(-á): people; population; crowd.

áhi, ah₅, á: arm; wing; horn; side; strength; work performance; wages; moment. [A₂ archaic frequency: 3]

aka, ak, ag, a₅: to do, act; to place; to make into (something) (with -si-) [AK archaic frequency: 149; concatenates 2 sign variants].

àka: fleece.

iku: a surface measure of 3600 meters² = 100 sar = 1 square 'rope' = 1/18 bùr (plural Akk. form of ég, ék, 'levee').

uku_2,5: (cf., ukur_3,4).

ùku: (cf., ùa).

íla, íli, íl: n., carrier.

v., to lift, carry; to deliver; to bring; to endure; to support; to carry forward (in accounting); to be high; to shine (íl-i in marû).

ili₅: to rise, get up.

illu: high water, flood; (amniotic) fluid; resin.

ùlu: (cf., u₁₈).

úllu[KIB], ùl: leash; reins [KIB archaic frequency: 7].

ama: mother [AMA archaic frequency: 241; concatenates 2 sign variants].

áma, am: wild ox or cow (aurochs).

ama_(4,5), áme: women's quarters; living room.

eme: tongue; speech; plow's share.

^(iš)eme: a utensil.

emma: (cf., enmen).

émma: (cf., énmen).

éme: (cf., ummeda₍₂₎).

eme_3,5,6: she-ass, jenny.

imi, im, em: clay, loam, mud; tablet [IM archaic frequency: 67; concatenation of 2 sign variants].

imi, im, em: wind; direction; weather; storm; cloud; rain (cf., tumu).

umu, um: old woman; nurse; wise or skillful teacher.

ùmmu: (cf., ummud).

únu: (cf., únug).

ùnu(-d): feast; chief cowherd.

unu₆: (cf., ùnug).

ára, ár[UB]: n., praise, glory.

v., to praise, glorify.

ara_3,5: (cf., hara).

ara₄; ar; rà: v., to shine; to blaze.

adj., bright; clear; polished.

iri: (cf., uru).

uri₍₂₎: Akkadian (cf., kínda) [URI archaic frequency: 35; URI₂ archaic frequency: 1].

ùri[ŠEŠ]: (cf., urin).

uri_2,5: (cf., urim_2,5).

uru₍₂₎^(ki), iri, rí; iri₁₁: city, town, village, district [URU archaic frequency: 101; concatenation of 5 sign variants; UNUG archaic frequency: 206; concatenates 3 sign variants].

uru_2,5,18: n., devastating flood; thunderstorm.

adj., high, deep.

ùru(-m)[ŠEŠ]: n., watch fire; light; glowing, luminous object.

v., to watch, guard; to protect.

uru₄[APIN], ur₁₁(-ru): to plow, till, cultivate.

uru₉: stanchion, support.

uru₁₂: same meaning as ur_(2,3,4) with the marû aspect-e suffix and vowel harmony.

uru₁₆(-n): valiant; strong, mighty; clever.

asa, as, az: cage; fetter; bear; myrtle [AZ archaic frequency: 13].

esi: (cf., ^(na4)esig).

isi: pit; clay pit.

usu: skill; strength.

ussu_(2,3): eight (ía, 'five', + eš₅, 'three').

aša₅: (cf., ašag).

eša, eše₄: emmer wheat flour.

éšša: to be satiated, full.

éše, éš[ŠÈ]: rope; measuring tape/cord; length measure, rope = 10 nindan rods = 20 reeds = 120 cubits = the side of 1 square iku in area = 1,0,0 [60²] fingers; a surface area measure, = 6 iku; leash (can be an adverbial suffix like eš) (eš, 'much', + eš, 'much') [ŠE₃ archaic frequency: 152].

èše: a surface measure = 2.16 hectares or 6 iku.

iši: mountain [IŠ archaic frequency: 88; concatenates 3 sign variants].

eššu: ear of barley or other grain.

ušu: a crop-devouring insect.

ùšu: thirty (eš₅,'three', + hà/u,'ten').

itu, iti: (cf., itud).

iti₆[UD.^dNANNA]: moonlight.

^dutu: the sun as a god (cf., ud).

útu: a dish prepared with milk.

azu, úzu, zu₅: doctor (cf., a-zu) [AZU archaic frequency: 7].

izi[NE]: fire (cf., iz-zi) [NE archaic frequency: 303; concatenation of 4 sign variants].

uzu: flesh; cut of meat; omen (ùz, 'goat', + zé, 'to cut').

uzu₅: evening, sunset.

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