Linguistic Archaeology: The Sumerians (Part 2)

 B. Sumerian - English Dictionary

Sumerian       English Dictionary
1. ALANI (Axe, axe that produces power)
2. SUTINNU (Bat)
3. TI.LA (Alive)
4. LU (Anger, Man)
5. TIAMATU (Abyss, ocean)
6. URBAT (Dog of Death)
7. ASATTA (Drink, I will have to drink)
8. MITU (Dead, Dead Person)
9. MITUTU (Dead Ones)
10. ABATU (Destroy, Flee)
11. ITIMA (Dark Room)
12. ABULLU (City Gate)
13. LABASU (Clothed, to be clothed)
14. MUL (Celestial Body, who shine in the heights, Star)
15. ALU (City)
16. ULTU (From)
17. ISTU (From, Ever)
18. MALU (Full)
19. NUMATU (Furnishings)
20. ATU (Gatekeeper)
21. ISATUM (Fire)
22. AMARUBAURRATA (Flood, the flood swept thereover)
23. LAM (Foliage)
24. SARRATUM (Falsehood)
25. IBTANI (Fashioned)
26. SIMTUM (Fate)
27. MASALU (Equal, to make equal)
28. ISTU ULLANUMMA (Ever Since)
29. SUBTUM (Dwelling)
30. UTULU (Lie Down)
31. TI (Life, Rib)
32. TIIT (Life, that which is life)
33. SARRUTUM (Kingship)
34. MATUM (Land)
35. BITUM (House)
36. BIT (House of)
37. LA NIBI (Innumerable)
38. SATARU (Inscribe, to have inscribed)
39. BATLU (Interruption)
40. SITU (Going, going out)
41. UL (High, high as the sky, Not)
42. MALU (Hair, long hair)
43. ALALU (Hang)
44. LU.TI.LA (Healthy)
45. LIBBU (Heart)
46. ILU (God, a god)
47. ILATI (Goddess)
48. TEEMA (Personality)
49. MAMITU (Oath)
50. TAMU (Oath, to make swear)
51. ERSET LA TARI (Netherworld)
52. ESSUTU (Newness)
53. TISU (Ninth)
54. NERTUM (Murder Charge)
55. BALTU (Living Person, Live)
56. TITAAN (Live, those who in heaven live)
57. BALTUTU (Living Ones)
58. SI=AM=LU (Person)
59. LA (Not)
60. LABIRU (Old)
61. MELAM (Nimbus)
62. BELUM/EN/NIN (Lord)
63. BEL (Lord of)
64. SABATU (Seize)
65. SUBTA RAMU (Settle, to settle oneself)
66. NURU UL IMMARU (Seem the do not see light)
67. LAARSA (Red, seeing the red light)
68. SALAMU (Safe, to be safe)
69. SALU (Plunge)
70. INA LA UMISU (Premature, prematurely)
71. BIL (Roast)
72. SITTU (Rest)
73. TARU (Return)
74. INSABATU (Rings)
75. SATU (Pull)
76. TANITTUM (Priest, of praise)
77. TAMTU (Sea)
78. TA (Root)
79. SILLU (Shade)
80. SALASA (Thirty)
81. SISITU (Summons)
82. SALSU (Third)
83. TABALU (Take Away)
84. SIBUTUM (Testimony)
85. SAMSUMUTU (Sun, power in the sun)
86. ILAT (Supreme)
87. BUBUTU (Sustenance)
88. BATILTU (Stop)
89. SILA (Street)
90. SINNISNARTU (Singer)
91. BALTU (Splendor)
92. SALLATI (Spoil)
93. ISTU (Since)
94. ULLANUMMA (Since, from before or no sooner than)
95. BALU (Without)
96. LA MINAM (Without Number)
97. IM/LIL (Wind)
98. ITTI (With)
99. ASSAT (Wife)
100. LIBBI UBLA (Wanted, I wanted)


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