kāsum

Akkadian

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *kaʔs- (“cup, goblet”). Cognate with Arabic كَأْس (kaʔs) and Biblical Hebrew כּוֹס (kos).

Pronunciation

Noun

kāsum m or f (plural kāsātum f or kāsānū f)

  1. a cup, goblet, bowl
  2. (as a capacity measure): cup

Alternative forms

Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic
  • 𒃲 (GAL)
  • (Middle Babylonian) 𒄘𒍣 (GU₂.ZI)
  • (Middle Babylonian) 𒂁𒄘𒍣 (DUG.GU₂.ZI)
  • (Old Akkadian) 𒂵𒍪𒌝 (ka₃-su₂-um)
  • 𒅗𒍪𒌝 (ka-su₂-um)
  • (Old Babylonian, Mari) 𒅗𒍮 (ka-sum₂)
  • 𒅗𒀀𒋢 (ka-a-su)
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