lītum

Akkadian

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *layʾ-at- ~ laʾay-at- (“cow”). Equivalent to 𒄞 (lûm, “bull”) +‎ -𒌈 (-tum, feminine suffix). Cognate with Arabic لَآة (laʔāh, “wild cow”) and Biblical Hebrew לֵאָה (leʔɔ́).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ˈliː.tum/

Noun

lītum f (construct state līt or līti, plural liātum)

1. cow
2. (in the plural) bovines (of both sexes and all ages)

Alternative forms

• lītu (non-mimated)
• littum, littu (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒀖 (AB₂) 𒀖𒄞𒄭𒀀 (AB₂.GUD.ḪI.A) (plural)	𒀖𒌈 (lit-tum)