atwû
3Attestations
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) lišānu ša innebṭa šu⸢tā⸣bulu [l]a il[e-ʾe] imšuš ṭupušta⸢šama⸣ ⸢ x ⸣-da-ád at-mu-u-[a] Ludlul III 95 eBL “the tongue, which was swollen (and thus) [n]ot ab[le] to move freely—he wiped its swelling away and (thus) ... [my] speech”.
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) […] ḫūd libbi áš-mu-ú ša damiqti ina pîšu iššakkanma MesCiv. 13, 12a i 8 ebl “[…], will rejoicing and favorable speech be set on his lips?” A form of šemû is difficult grammatically. Lambert 2007, 153 suggests a hapax ašmû as apras-form of šemû, but such a pattern is hardly attested in Akkadian (cf. GAG § 56a 1; Streck 2022, 321 § 5.45). Thus, we tentatively suggest spirantization of t ＞ ṯ, written as š (cf. von Soden 1968, 218, especially aš-ku-pu for atkuppu AfO 18, 83: 256). new
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) (comm.) pīšu ana at-me-e illâti ukā[l at-me-e ] : dabābi CunMon. 49/2, 108f. r. 3f. “his mouth contai[ns] saliva when he speaks (is explained by) [speech] (refers to) to speak”. Commentary Sakikkû III 48. new