ūṣum

== Akkadian == === Etymology === From Proto-Semitic *ḥVṯ̣ṯ̣- (“arrow”). Cognate with Arabic حُظْوَة (ḥuẓwa, “small arrow”) and Biblical Hebrew חֵץ (ḥeṣ, “arrow”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈuː.sˤum/ === Noun === ūṣum m (plural ūṣū) (Old Babylonian, Standard Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian) arrowhead arrow ==== Alternative forms ==== ūṣu (non-mimated) uṣṣu === References === “ūṣu”, 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), “ūṣu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, via the electronic Babylonian Library