ummum

== Akkadian == === Etymology === From Proto-Semitic *ʔimm- (“mother”). Cognate with Arabic أُمّ (ʔumm) and Biblical Hebrew אֵם (ʾem). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈum.mum/ === Noun === ummum f (construct state ummi, pronominal state umma, plural ummātum) mother 𒌝𒈨𒉌 𒀜𒋾 [ummīni atti] ― um-mi₃-ni at-ti ― You are our mother. initial investment, capital ==== Alternative forms ==== ummu (non-mimated) === References === “ummu”, 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), “ummu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, via the electronic Babylonian Library