šeleppûm

== Akkadian == === Etymology === From Proto-Semitic *šalaḥpaw/y-, *šalapḥaw/y- (“turtle”). Cognate with Arabic سُلَحْفَاة (sulaḥfāh). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃe.lepˈpuːm/ === Noun === šeleppûm m (plural šeleppû) (from Old Akkadian on) turtle a type of snake ==== Alternative forms ==== šeleppû (non-mimated) šilippû šelappû (Neo-Assyrian) ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “šeleppû”, 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), “šeleppû(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, via the electronic Babylonian Library