tiāmtum

== Akkadian == === Etymology === From Proto-Semitic *tihām-at- (sea). Cognate with Arabic تِهَامَة (tihāma) and Biblical Hebrew תְּהוֹם (təhóm). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tiˈaːm.tum/ === Noun === tiāmtum f (plural tiāmātum) (from Old Akkadian on) sea, ocean lake (mythology) a mythological or deified locality Tiamat ==== Alternative forms ==== tiāmtu (non-mimated) tâmtum, tâmtu, tâmdu, tântu, tându têmtum (Mari) === References === “tâmtu”, 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), “tiāmtu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, via the electronic Babylonian Library