bānûm

== Akkadian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /baːˈnuːm/ === Noun === bānûm m (base bāni, plural bānû, feminine bānītum) (from Old Akkadian on) participle of banûm: creator, begetter 𒄿𒇻 𒁀𒉡𒌑𒀀 ― i-lu ba-nu-u₂-a /ilū bānûya/ ― the gods who created me (literally, “the gods my creators”) (Middle Babylonian, Neo-Babylonian) builder ==== Alternative forms ==== bānû (non-mimated) === References === “bānû”, 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), “bānû(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, via the electronic Babylonian Library