sāmum

== Akkadian == === Etymology === From siāmum (siāmum, “to be red, brown”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsaː.mum/ === Adjective === sāmum (feminine sāmtum, masculine plural sāmūtum, feminine plural sāmātum, predicative sām) (from Old Akkadian on) red, brown 𒌨𒂠 𒊓𒈬𒌝 [kalbum sāmum] ― UR.GI₇ sa-mu-um ― a brown dog 𒉿𒈩 𒊕𒁺𒋙 𒊓𒆳 [pirit qaqqadīšu sāmat] ― pi-rit SAG.DU-šu₂ sa-mat ― The hair of his is head is red. ==== Alternative forms ==== sāmu (non-mimated) sa'mu (occasionally) sīmum (Mari) sandu (Standard Babylonian, Neo-Babylonian, feminine) ==== See also ==== === References === “sāmu”, 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), “sāmu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, via the electronic Babylonian Library