šu de [CARRY] V/t (4x) Early Dynastic IIIb, Old Babylonian, Hellenistic wr. šu de₆; šu tum₂-tum₂; šu tum₃; šu tum₃-tum₃; šu tum₄ "to carry; to apply oneself to a task; to touch; to lend a hand"

(šu[hand//hand]N'N + tum[carry//to carry, imperfect stem of de ⟦bring⟧]V/t'V/t)

[1]	𒋗𒁺	šu de₆
[2]	𒋗𒁺𒁺	šu tum₂-tum₂
[3]	𒋗𒉐	šu tum₃
[4]	𒋗𒉐𒉐	šu tum₃-tum₃
[5]	𒋗𒉏	šu tum₄
+	--ma=m.a (0x/0%); --mu=m.u (0x/0%).

	PC	ED IIIa	ED IIIb	Ebla	OAkk	Lag II	Ur III	OB	Post-OB	(unknown)
[1]			1					1
[2]									1
[3]								1
[4]
[5]

4 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Early Dynastic IIIb (1x/25%)

Old Babylonian (2x/50%)

Hellenistic (1x/25%)

Senses:

1. to carry (4x/100%)

2. to apply oneself to a task

3. to touch

4. to lend a hand

Akk. ?.

Bibliography

[2004] P. Attinger, NABU 2004/79.

[2000] F. Karahashi, Sumerian Compound Verbs 171.

[1973] G. Gragg, Sumerian Dimensional Infixes 25.

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