𒄩

• R. Borger, Mesopotamisches Zeichenlexikon (MZL), Münster (2003)
• A. Deimel, Šumerisches Lexikon (Deimel), Rome (1947)
• Chr. Rüster, E. Neu, Hethitisches Zeichenlexikon (HZL), Wiesbaden (1989)

• In Old Babylonian this sign was also used to represent a glottal stop. When that happens, some Assyriologists assign to this sign the value: ʾa₄. From Middle Babylonian on, the glottal stop was indicated by the sign 𒀪, originated as a graphic differentiation of 𒄴.

Orthographic borrowing from Sumerian 𒄩 (ku₆ /⁠kud⁠/, “fish”).

𒄩 • (KU₆)

1. Sumerogram of nūnum (“fish”)

An Akkadogram, possibly for 𒈦𒄷𒌋𒉿𒅀𒀸 (parḫūwayaš). s

𒄩 • (KU₆)

1. an animal whose meat was dried and eaten, possibly a fish

A term found in the alleged Euphratic substrate theory, which connects it to Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰu- (“fish”). This word in particular is not of atypical syllable structure for being native Sumerian, which is the main sign indicating a potential borrowing into the language. Concurring with the opinion of Pennsylvania State University's Dr. Rubio, the borrowing from multiple languages rather than a specific substratum is now the predominant viewpoint in the field.

𒄩 • (ku₆, kud /kud/)

1. fish

• Sumerian terms spelled with 𒄩

• “𒄩 (kud)” in ePSD2
• Whittaker, Gordon (2008) “The Case for Euphratic”, in Bulletin of the Georgian National Academy of Sciences‎, volume 2, number 3, pages 156–168.