šasûm

Akkadian

Root
š-s-y
1 term

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

(Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ʃaˈsuːm/

Verb

šasûm (G, i, durative išassi, perfect ištassi, preterite išsi or issi or ilsi, imperative šisi or tisi) (from Old Akkadian on)

to cry out, shout, make a loud noise
𒆠𒈠 𒆷𒇷𒄿𒅎 𒄿𒈾 𒈠𒀀𒀀𒇷𒊭 𒄿𒊭𒊍𒍣
[kīma lalîm ina mayālīša išassi]
ki-ma la-li-i-im i-na ma-a-a-li-ša i-ša-as-si₂
She cries out in her bed like a kid.
to proclaim, announce, utter, exclaim
to call, summon, invoke, invite, appeal to, demand, call for
to call by a name, declare, name, name a price
to read

Alternative forms

šasû (non-mimated)
šasā'um (Old Assyrian)
sasā'u (Middle Assyrian, Neo-Assyrian)

Cuneiform spellings
Logograms	Phonetic
𒅗 (KA, GU₃) 𒅗𒌤 (GU₃.DE₂) 𒌤 (DE₂)	𒊭𒍪𒌝 (ša-su₂-um) 𒊭𒋢𒌑 (ša-su-u₂) 𒊭𒋢𒌋 (ša-su-u) 𒃻𒋢𒌑 (ša₂-su-u₂) 𒃻𒋢𒌋 (ša₂-su-u)

References

“šasû”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “šasû(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag

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