tum [SUITABLE] V/i (192x) Early Dynastic IIIa, Early Dynastic IIIb, Lagash II, Ur III, Old Babylonian, Middle Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, Hellenistic, unknown wr. tum₂; tum₂-tum₂; tum; tum₃; tum₄-mu; tum₂-tum₂-tum₂-tum₂; ^tu-^umtum₃ "(to be) suitable, appropriate; (to make) suitable, appropriate"

See ki tum[bury]V/t, saŋ tum[reduce]V/t.

[1]	𒁺	tum₂
[2]	𒁺𒁺	tum₂-tum₂
[3]	𒌈	tum
[4]	𒉐	tum₃
[5]	𒉏𒈬	tum₄-mu
[6]	𒁺𒁺𒁺𒁺	tum₂-tum₂-tum₂-tum₂
[7]	𒌅𒌝𒉐	^tu-^umtum₃
+	--ma=m.a (115x/60%); --me=m.e (1x/1%); --mu=m.u (13x/7%).

	PC	ED IIIa	ED IIIb	Ebla	OAkk	Lag II	Ur III	OB	Post-OB	(unknown)
[1]		2	8			4	1	153	8	1
[2]								3	2
[3]								3
[4]									3
[5]								2
[6]								1
[7]									1

41 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Early Dynastic IIIa (2x/1%)

Early Dynastic IIIb (8x/4%)

Lagash II (4x/2%)

Ur III (1x/1%)

Old Babylonian (162x/84%)

Middle Babylonian (3x/2%)

Neo-Assyrian (5x/3%)

Neo-Babylonian (1x/1%)

Hellenistic (5x/3%)

unknown (1x/1%)

Verbal prefixes: V.m ; V.m.ta ; ba.i.n ; ha.V.m ; inga.V.n ; mu.e.ta ; mu.n ; mu.na ; mu.na.n ; mu.ni ; nu ; nu.V.b ; nu.m ; nu.mu.n ; x.ta .

Senses:

1. (to be) suitable, appropriate (190x/99%)

2. (to make) suitable, appropriate [V/t] (2x/1%)

References for all phrases

tum[suitable]

nu-tum-me (OB Nippur Izi Tab.II, 190a).

nu-tum₂ = la šu-lu-ku (MSLSSI, 17-27 iii 30).

tum₂-ma (OB Nippur Izi Tab.I, 439; UET 6, 0363 o 4).

eden[plain] tum[suitable]

⸢eden^?⸣ tum₂-⸢ma⸣ (OrNS 70, 210-211 r ii 33).

gigir[chariot] me[battle] tum[suitable]

[^ŋešgigir me₃^?] ⸢tum₂^?⸣-ma (Emar 6/1, p. 105-109, Msk 731030 r iv 4).

šeg[brick] tum[suitable]

šeg₁₂ tum₂-ma (OB Nippur Izi Tab.I, 286).

šu[hand] tum[suitable]

šu tum₂ (Nippur Nigga 175).

Word ID: o0040623; Citation URL: http://oracc.org/epsd2/o0040623; version 2.7.2 (built 2024-08-31)