sig [PLUCK] V/t (11x) Early Dynastic IIIb, Old Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian wr. si-si-ga; si; sig₂; sig₇; sig₈; ^si-^igsig₈; ^sigsig₇; sig₇-sig₇ "to pluck hair or wool; (to be) trimmed, pruned"

[1]	𒋛𒋛𒂵	si-si-ga
[2]	𒋛	si
[3]	𒋠	sig₂
[4]	𒅊	sig₇
[5]	𒃰𒋺𒄑	sig₈
[6]	𒋛𒅅𒃰𒋺𒄑	^si-^igsig₈
[7]	𒋝𒅊	^sig sig₇
[8]	𒅊𒅊	sig₇-sig₇
+	--ge=g.e (0x/0%).

	PC	ED IIIa	ED IIIb	Ebla	OAkk	Lag II	Ur III	OB	Post-OB	(unknown)
[1]								5
[2]									1
[3]									1
[4]			1
[5]									1
[6]									1
[7]									1
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7 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Early Dynastic IIIb (1x/9%)

Old Babylonian (5x/45%)

Neo-Assyrian (5x/45%)

Verbal prefixes: ha ; nu .

Senses:

1. to pluck hair or wool (9x/82%)

2. (to be) trimmed, pruned [V/i] (2x/18%)

Akk. sepû ša šarti; urrû.

Lexical Associations

arû[cut off]V (// sig[pluck])

si = ⸢ur⸣-ru-⸢u₂⸣ (CT 19, pl. 12, K 04143 r i 5').

^si-^igsig₈ = ur-ru-u (K 02039 o i 22').

sepû[pluck]V ša[of]DET šārtu[hair]N (// sig[pluck])

^sigsig₇ = se-pu-u₂ ša₂ ⸢šar⸣-[ti] (RA 13, 190-191, K 02055 o i 27').

urrû[trimmed]AJ (// sig[pluck])

sig₈ = mu-ur-ru-u (MSL 03, 094 ST r i 46).

nabāsu[red(-dyed) wool]N (// sig[pluck] hemeda[purple])

sig₂ ḫe₂-me-da = ⸢na⸣-ba-su ⸢x⸣-[...] (CT 14, pl. 03-04, K 04205+ r ii 52').

References for all phrases

sig[pluck]

si = ⸢ur⸣-ru-⸢u₂⸣ (CT 19, pl. 12, K 04143 r i 5').

^si-^igsig₈ = ur-ru-u (K 02039 o i 22').

^sigsig₇ = se-pu-u₂ ša₂ ⸢šar⸣-[ti] (RA 13, 190-191, K 02055 o i 27').

sig₈ = mu-ur-ru-u (MSL 03, 094 ST r i 46).

sig[pluck] hemeda[purple]

sig₂ ḫe₂-me-da = ⸢na⸣-ba-su ⸢x⸣-[...] (CT 14, pl. 03-04, K 04205+ r ii 52').

udu[sheep] sig[pluck]

⸢udu si^?-si⸣-[ga] (HS 1816 r i 16; SLT 043 r iii 8'; FLP 2201 r iv 7; OB Nippur Ura 3 65).

Word ID: o0037824; Citation URL: http://oracc.org/epsd2/o0037824; version 2.7.2 (built 2024-08-31)