bu [HOWL] (V/i)

39 instances

bu [HOWL] V/i (39x) Old Babylonian, Hellenistic, Uncertain wr. bu-bu; bu; bu-bu-bu; bu₅-bu₅; SUD-SUD; wu-wu; wu-wu-wu; bu₂; bu₂-bu₂; wu "to howl; to flit"

[1] 𒁍𒁍 bu-bu
[2] 𒁍 bu
[3] 𒁍𒁍𒁍 bu-bu-bu
[4] 𒇧𒇧 bu₅-bu₅
[5] 𒋤𒋤 SUD-SUD
[6] 𒉿𒉿 wu-wu
[7] 𒉿𒉿𒉿 wu-wu-wu
[8] 𒆜 bu₂
[9] 𒆜𒆜 bu₂-bu₂
[10] 𒉿 wu
PC ED IIIa ED IIIb Ebla OAkk Lag II Ur III OB Post-OB (unknown)
[1] 16 3
[2] 7
[3] 3 1
[4] 5
[5] 1
[6] 1
[7] 1
[8]
[9]
[10]

18 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Old Babylonian (29x/74%)

Hellenistic (8x/21%)

Uncertain (1x/3%)

Verbal prefixes: V ; V.m ; al ; ba.i.n ; mu.n ; nu.mu.n .

Senses:

1. to howl (19x/49%)

2. to flit (20x/51%)

Bibliography

[1995] A. Cavigneaux and F. Al-Rawi, ZA 85 31.

[1989] P. Michalowski, Lamentation over Sumer and Ur 83.

bu

(OB Nippur Ea 473; RA 09, 77-78 o i 22, o i 23).

Lexical Associations

hawû[howl?]V (// bu[howl])

bu = ḫa-wu-⸢u₂?-um⸣ (RA 09, 77-78 o i 22).

našarbuṭu[flit]V (// bu[howl])

bu = na-ša-ar-bu-⸢ṭum⸣ (RA 09, 77-78 o i 23).

hāwû[howler]N (// lu[person] bu[howl])

lu₂ al-bu-bu = ḫa-wu-u₂ (CUSAS 12, 5.1 o 10; OB Lu2-Azlag2 B-C Seg.2, 24).

muttahallilu[roaming around]N (// lu[person] bu[howl])

⸢lu₂ al-bu-bu⸣ = ⸢mu-ut⸣-[ta-aḫ-li-lum] (OB Lu2-Azlag2 B-C Seg.2, 25).

lu₂ al-bu-bu = mu-ut-ta-aḫ-lum (CUSAS 12, 5.1 o 11).

References for all phrases

bu[howl]

bu (OB Nippur Ea 473; HS 1756 r 4; MSL 14, 018 Bb r iv 50).

bu-[bu] (CUSAS 12, 7.1 B r ii 20').

bu-bu = i-ta-⸢an?-x⸣-[x?] (CUSAS 12, 7.1 A o ii 31).

bu = ḫa-wu-⸢u₂?-um⸣ (RA 09, 77-78 o i 22).

bu = na-ša-ar-bu-⸢ṭum⸣ (RA 09, 77-78 o i 23).

lu[person] bu[howl]

⸢lu₂ al-bu-bu⸣ = mu-⸢bu⸣-[u₂-um] (OB Lu2-Azlag2 B-C Seg.2, 26).

lu₂ al-bu-bu = ḫa-wu-u₂ (CUSAS 12, 5.1 o 10; OB Lu2-Azlag2 B-C Seg.2, 24).

⸢lu₂ al-bu-bu⸣ = ⸢mu-ut⸣-[ta-aḫ-li-lum] (OB Lu2-Azlag2 B-C Seg.2, 25).

lu₂ al-bu-bu = mu-ut-ta-aḫ-lum (CUSAS 12, 5.1 o 11).

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