giggi [BLACK] V/i (2355x) Early Dynastic IIIa, Early Dynastic IIIb, Ebla, Old Akkadian, Lagash II, Ur III, Old Babylonian, Middle Assyrian, Middle Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, Hellenistic, unknown wr. giggi; gig₂-ga; gig₂-ge; giggi^mušen; gi₆-gi₆; giggi^sar; gi-gi; gi₆-gi₆-ga; gi-ki; gig; giggi-ka; gig₂^ku-^ga-ga; gi₁₆; gi₈; ki-ik-ki; ^gi-^iggiggi "(to be) black; to blacken"

[1]	𒈪	giggi
[2]	𒈪𒂵	gig₂-ga
[3]	𒈪𒄀	gig₂-ge
[4]	𒈪𒄷	giggi^mušen
[5]	𒈪𒈪	gi₆-gi₆
[6]	𒈪𒊬	giggi^sar
[7]	𒄀𒄀	gi-gi
[8]	𒈪𒈪𒂵	gi₆-gi₆-ga
[9]	𒄀𒆠	gi-ki
[10]	𒍼	gig
[11]	𒈪𒅗	giggi-ka
[12]	𒈪𒆪𒂵𒂵	gig₂^ku-^ga-ga
[13]	𒄃	gi₁₆
[14]	𒅆	gi₈
[15]	𒆠𒅅𒆠	ki-ik-ki
[16]	𒄀𒅅𒈪	^gi-^iggiggi
+	--ga=g.a (1x/0%); --ge=g.e (1x/0%).

	PC	ED IIIa	ED IIIb	Ebla	OAkk	Lag II	Ur III	OB	Post-OB	(unknown)
[1]		8	725	4	25	8	1180	147	84	21
[2]							2	84	16	2
[3]						1		11	1
[4]								4	4
[5]			1				4	2		1
[6]								1	3	1
[7]								3
[8]								1	1	1
[9]								2
[10]							1
[11]			1
[12]									1
[13]			1
[14]									1
[15]								1
[16]									1

57 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Early Dynastic IIIa (8x/0%)

Early Dynastic IIIb (728x/31%)

Ebla (4x/0%)

Old Akkadian (25x/1%)

Lagash II (9x/0%)

Ur III (1187x/50%)

Old Babylonian (256x/11%)

Middle Assyrian (2x/0%)

Middle Babylonian (28x/1%)

Neo-Assyrian (52x/2%)

Neo-Babylonian (12x/1%)

Hellenistic (18x/1%)

unknown (26x/1%)

Verbal prefixes:ba; ba.ta; na.V.n; x.mu.a.da.

Senses:

1. (to be) black (2355x/100%)

2. to blacken [V/t]

Akk. ṣalmu.

Bibliography

[2010] G. Cunningham, Studies Black 44-45.

[2006] G. Rubio, Studies Vanstiphout 170 n5.

[1997] N. Veldhuis, EEN 123-125.

[1987] M. Civil, Ebla 1975-1985 155 n32.

[1984] M. Powell, BSA 1 57.

[1972] H. Waetzoldt, UNT 50-52.

Word ID: o0028157; Citation URL: http://oracc.org/epsd2/o0028157; version 2.6 (built 2022-06-21)