isu
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Variant: issu
Meanings:
jaw(bones)
de:German: Deutsch Kinnbacken, Kiefer
fr:French: Français mâchoire(s)
Distribution: OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts, SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE)
Grammar:
pos: subst.Substantivepattern: PiSExpresses verbal content or its object or result
Logogram: ME.ZÉ, uzu
ME.ZÉ
, SI
Etymology: Uncertain A Semitic etymology cannot be established for now and a borrowing from Sum. me-zé, perhaps with consonant elision (m)i/e(s)su, cannot be excluded.
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Commentaries
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) (comm.) ME.ZÉ -⸢šú⸣ n[u]ššū : kanzū[ssu ...] CunMon. 49/2, 171: 8 “his jaw(s) are l[oo]se (means) h[is] chin [...]”. Commentary Sakikkû V 52′. new