bu [HOWL] V/i (40x) Old Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, Hellenistic, Uncertain wr. bu-bu; bu; bu₅-bu₅; bu-bu-bu; SUD-SUD; wu-wu; wu-wu-wu; bu₂; bu₂-bu₂; wu "to howl; to flit"

[1]	𒁍𒁍	bu-bu
[2]	𒁍	bu
[3]	𒇧𒇧	bu₅-bu₅
[4]	𒁍𒁍𒁍	bu-bu-bu
[5]	𒋤𒋤	SUD-SUD
[6]	𒉿𒉿	wu-wu
[7]	𒉿𒉿𒉿	wu-wu-wu
[8]	𒆜	bu₂
[9]	𒆜𒆜	bu₂-bu₂
[10]	𒉿	wu

	PC	ED IIIa	ED IIIb	Ebla	OAkk	Lag II	Ur III	OB	Post-OB	(unknown)
[1]								16	4
[2]								6
[3]									6
[4]								3		1
[5]								1
[6]								1
[7]								1
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[9]
[10]

18 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Old Babylonian (28x/70%)

Neo-Assyrian (1x/3%)

Hellenistic (9x/23%)

Uncertain (1x/3%)

Verbal prefixes:V; V.m; al; ba.i.n; mu.n; nu.mu.n.

Senses:

1. to howl (18x/45%)

2. to flit (22x/55%)

Bibliography

[1995] A. Cavigneaux and F. Al-Rawi, ZA 85 31.

[1989] P. Michalowski, Lamentation over Sumer and Ur 83.

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