lū
See also: Appendix:Variations of "lu"
Akkadian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Cognate with Arabic لَوْ (law) and Biblical Hebrew לוּ (lu).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /luː/
Noun
[edit]lū (from Old Akkadian on)
- (often preceded by 𒅇 (ū)) or
- be it, may it be (precative particle)
- 𒋫𒀊𒇷 𒋢𒄩𒊏𒄠 𒇻𒌑 𒌉𒆠
- [tabli ṣuḫāram lū mārūki]
- ta-ab-li ṣu₂-ḫa-ra-am lu-u₂ DUMU-ki
- Take the boy, let him be your (f) son!
- 𒇻 𒋫𒀜𒋫𒀠𒆷𒆠
- [lū tattallaki]
- lu ta-at-ta-al-la-ki
- Go away!
- 𒀀𒈾 𒌦𒅗 𒅇 𒈪𒅎𒈬𒅗 𒁕𒀭𒉌𒅖 𒁕𒀭𒉌𒅖 𒇻 𒋗𒌌𒈬
- [ana mātīka u mimmûka danniš danniš lū šulmu]
- a-na KALAM-ka u₃ mi-im-mu-ka da-an-ni-iš da-an-ni-iš lu šu-ul-mu
- May it be exceedingly well with your country and all that belongs to you.
- indeed, certainly, verily
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References
[edit]- “lū”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (
CAD )[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011 - Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “lū”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
Mandarin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Romanization
[edit]- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嚕/噜
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 謢