kāsum

Akkadian

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *kaʔs- (“cup, goblet”). Cognate with Arabic كَأْس (kaʔs) and Biblical Hebrew כּוֹס (kos).

Pronunciation

Noun

kāsum m or f (plural kāsātum f or kāsānū f)

  1. a cup, goblet, bowl
  2. (as a capacity measure): cup

Alternative forms
Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic
  • 𒃲 (GAL)
  • 𒄘𒍣 (GU₂.ZI) (Middle Babylonian)
  • 𒂁𒄘𒍣 (DUG.GU₂.ZI) (Middle Babylonian)
  • 𒂵𒍪𒌝 (ka₃-su₂-um) (Old Akkadian)
  • 𒅗𒍪𒌝 (ka-su₂-um)
  • 𒅗𒍮 (ka-sum₂) (Old Babylonian, Mari)
  • 𒅗𒀀𒋢 (ka-a-su)
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