ama [MOTHER] N (2132x) Early Dynastic IIIa, Early Dynastic IIIb, Ebla, Old Akkadian, Lagash II, Ur III, Old Babylonian, Middle Assyrian, Middle Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, Persian, Hellenistic, unknown wr. ama; ^ŋešama; a-ma; ma; a-am; ama-ama; ama₅; ama₆; mi; ^munusama; a-me "mother; part of plow"

See ama erak[mourner]N, ama gi[return home]V/i, ama irik[official]N, ama tukuk[weaver]N, ama ukurak[poor woman]N.

[1]	𒂼	ama
[2]	𒄑𒂼	^ŋešama
[3]	𒀀𒈠	a-ma
[4]	𒈠	ma
[5]	𒀀𒄠	a-am
[6]	𒂼𒂼	ama-ama
[7]	𒃣	ama₅
[8]	𒆾	ama₆
[9]	𒈪	mi
[10]	𒊩𒂼	^munusama
[11]	𒀀𒈨	a-me

	PC	ED IIIa	ED IIIb	Ebla	OAkk	Lag II	Ur III	OB	Post-OB	(unknown)
[1]		14	150	2	127	36	251	1023	462	32
[2]								15	5
[3]								5	2
[4]								2
[5]								1
[6]								1
[7]								1
[8]		1
[9]										1
[10]						1
[11]

79 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Early Dynastic IIIa (15x/1%)

Early Dynastic IIIb (150x/7%)

Ebla (2x/0%)

Old Akkadian (127x/6%)

Lagash II (37x/2%)

Ur III (251x/12%)

Old Babylonian (1048x/49%)

Middle Assyrian (2x/0%)

Middle Babylonian (13x/1%)

Neo-Assyrian (308x/14%)

Neo-Babylonian (51x/2%)

Persian (1x/0%)

Hellenistic (94x/4%)

unknown (33x/2%)

Senses:

1. mother (2131x/100%)

2. part of plow (1x/0%)

Akk. ummu.

Bibliography

[1998] J. Bauer, Vorsargonische Abschnitt 519.

[1992] P. Steinkeller and J.N. Postgate, LAT 35-6.

Word ID: o0023997; Citation URL: http://oracc.org/epsd2/o0023997; version 2.7 (built 2022-12-21)