zi [CUT] V/t (897x) Early Dynastic IIIb, Ebla, Old Akkadian, Ur III, Old Babylonian, Middle Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, Hellenistic, unknown wr. ziₓ(IGI^g); zi₂; zi; zi-zi; si; zi-in-zi-in; zi-in-zi-im; ze₂-ze₂; zil; zu "to cut, remove; to erase; to pluck; tear out?; to blink"

[1]	𒅆𒅊	ziₓ(IGI^g)
[2]	𒍢	zi₂
[3]	𒍣	zi
[4]	𒍣𒍣	zi-zi
[5]	𒋛	si
[6]	𒍣𒅔𒍣𒅔	zi-in-zi-in
[7]	𒍣𒅔𒍣𒅎	zi-in-zi-im
[8]	𒍢𒍢	ze₂-ze₂
[9]	𒉣	zil
[10]	𒍪	zu
+	--me=m.e (1x/0%).

	PC	ED IIIa	ED IIIb	Ebla	OAkk	Lag II	Ur III	OB	Post-OB	(unknown)
[1]			11		2		591
[2]			4	1	1		210	25	7	1
[3]			1		1		6	2	4
[4]								1	13
[5]							4		1
[6]								2	2
[7]								3
[8]								2
[9]								1
[10]								1

57 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Early Dynastic IIIb (16x/2%)

Ebla (1x/0%)

Old Akkadian (4x/0%)

Ur III (811x/90%)

Old Babylonian (37x/4%)

Middle Babylonian (2x/0%)

Neo-Assyrian (16x/2%)

Neo-Babylonian (2x/0%)

Hellenistic (7x/1%)

unknown (1x/0%)

Verbal prefixes:V; V.b; V.ba.ra; V.m; al; ba; ba.n; ga; ha.V; ha.V.mu.a; ha.V.ni.b; he; mu; mu.n; mu.ra.ta.n; mu.x; nu; nu.V.m; nu.n; u.ba.i; u.imma.n.

Senses:

1. to cut, remove (873x/97%)

2. to erase

3. to pluck (24x/3%)

4. tear out?

5. to blink [V/i]

Akk. baqāmu; barāšu; nasāhu; naṭāpu.

si

si-i = si = šahāṭu (CT 11, pl. 33, K 10072 r i 10'').

Lexical Associations

baqāmu[pluck]V (// zi[cut])

⸢ze₂^?⸣-ba = na-ab-qi₂-im (CUSAS 12, 7.1 A o i 19').

haṣābu[break off]V (// zi[cut])

zi = ḫa-ṣa-bu (CT 11, pl. 44, K 04145c o i 9').

malāhu[tear out]V (// zi[cut])

ze₂ = ma-la-[ḫu] (CT 19, pl. 40, K 04601A o? i' 5').

nasāhu[tear out]V (// zi[cut])

zi = na-sa-ḫu (SpTU 4, 186 r iv 11).

naṭāpu[tear out]V (// zi[cut])

zi = na-ṭa-pu-um (RA 09, 77-78 o i 7).

zi-in-zi-in = nu-ut-tu-pu (TCL 06, 35 o iii 21).

zi-in-zi-in = nu-uṭ-ṭu-pu (MM 1082, TIM 11, 37 o i 6).

nesû[be(come) distant]V (// zi[cut])

zi₂ = ne₂-su-u-um (TCL 06, 35 o ii 43).

šahāṭu[tear away]V (// zi[cut])

si = ša₂-ḫa-ṭu (CT 11, pl. 33, K 10072 r i 10'').

kaṣāṣu[grind]V (// gi[reed] zi[cut] ŋeš[tree] tar[cut])

gi zi ŋeš tar-ra = ku-uṣ-ṣu-⸢ṣu⸣ (HS 1928 + HS 1929 r i 41).

ṣuhhutu[squeezed one]N (// igi[eye] zi[cut])

igi ze₂-ze₂ = ṣu₂-ḫu-tum^! (Education in the Earliest Schools no. 130 r 4).

ṣuhhutu[squeezed one]N (// igi[eye] zi[cut] gig[sick])

igi ze₂^! gig = ⸢ṣu₂⸣-ḫu-tu-ti (BBVOT 03, 63 r 15).

ṣuhhutu[squeezed one]N (// lu[person] igi[eye] zi[cut])

lu₂ igi ze₂-ze₂ = ṣu₂-uḫ₂-ḫu-tum (OB Lu2-Azlag2 B-C Seg.2, 96).

baršu[one with patchy hair]N (// lu[person] ugu[skull] zi[cut])

lu₂ ugu ze₂-ze₂ = ba-ar-šum (OB Lu2-Azlag2 B-C Seg.7, 28).

baqmu[plucked one]N (// lu[person] zi[cut])

lu₂ ze₂-ze₂ = ba-aq-⸢mu⸣ (OB Lu2-Azlag2 B-C Seg.7, 26).

gurrudu[mangy one]N (// siki[hair] zi[cut] gig[sick])

[siki] ze₂ gig = gu-ur-ru-du-ti (BBVOT 03, 63 o 10).

kaṣāṣu[grind]V ša[of]DET kīsu[(a kind of reed)]N (// x-x zi[cut])

[...]-⸢x⸣ zi = MIN<(ka-ṣa-ṣu)> ša₂ GI.⸢ZI⸣ (K 13598 r i' 5').

nasāhu[tear out]V (// šu[hand] zi[cut])

[šu] ⸢zi-zi⸣ = na-sa₃-ḫu-um (YBC 13524 d 222).

References for all phrases

zi[cut]

al-zi-in-zi-im = nu-ṭu₃-up^!(UD.KUŠU₂) (PBS 05, 142, pl. 122-3 [OBGT IIIA] iii 14=164).

al-zi-in-zi-im;me-en = nu-ṭu₃-pa-a-ku (PBS 05, 142, pl. 122-3 [OBGT IIIA] iii 16/7=166/7).

nu-zi-in-zi-im = u₂-la nu-ṭu₃-up^!(UD.KUŠU₂) (PBS 05, 142, pl. 122-3 [OBGT IIIA] iii 15=165).

zi-in-zi-in (OB Nippur Izi Tab.II, 445, Tab.II, 446).

zil = na-sa-ḫu (Studio Historiae Ardens, 289-291 a ii 4).

zi₂ (MSL 14, 29 Lb b ii 2').

⸢ze₂^?⸣-ba = na-ab-qi₂-im (CUSAS 12, 7.1 A o i 19').

zi = ḫa-ṣa-bu (CT 11, pl. 44, K 04145c o i 9').

ze₂ = ma-la-[ḫu] (CT 19, pl. 40, K 04601A o? i' 5').

zi = na-sa-ḫu (SpTU 4, 186 r iv 11).

zi = na-ṭa-pu-um (RA 09, 77-78 o i 7).

zi-in-zi-in = nu-ut-tu-pu (TCL 06, 35 o iii 21).

zi-in-zi-in = nu-uṭ-ṭu-pu (MM 1082, TIM 11, 37 o i 6).

zi₂ = ne₂-su-u-um (TCL 06, 35 o ii 43).

si = ša₂-ḫa-ṭu (CT 11, pl. 33, K 10072 r i 10'').

a[water] zi[cut]

a ze₂-⸢ze₂⸣ (OB Nippur Kagal 396).

a-bi ga-ze₂ (OB Nippur Kagal 397).

[a-bi] ga-ze₂ = me-e ⸢x⸣-[...] (MSL 13, 65 and 83 D1 o 1).

gi[reed] zi[cut] ŋeš[tree] tar[cut]

gi zi ŋeš tar-ra = ku-uṣ-ṣu-⸢ṣu⸣ (HS 1928 + HS 1929 r i 41).

gu[neck] zi[cut]

gu₂ ze₂-a (Nippur Nigga 456).

igi[eye] zi[cut]

igi ze₂-ze₂ (MSLSSI, 17-27 v 20).

igi ze₂-ze₂ = ṣu₂-ḫu-tum^! (Education in the Earliest Schools no. 130 r 4).

igi[eye] zi[cut] gig[sick]

igi ze₂^! gig = ⸢ṣu₂⸣-ḫu-tu-ti (BBVOT 03, 63 r 15).

lu[person] igi[eye] zi[cut]

lu₂ igi ze₂-ze₂ = ṣu₂-uḫ₂-ḫu-tum (OB Lu2-Azlag2 B-C Seg.2, 96).

lu[person] ugu[skull] zi[cut]

lu₂ ugu ze₂-ze₂ = bu-ru-su₂ (MSL 12, 157 A 396).

lu₂ ugu ze₂-ze₂ = ba-ar-šum (OB Lu2-Azlag2 B-C Seg.7, 28).

lu[person] uh zi[cut]

lu₂ uḫ ze₂-ze₂ = bu-qu₂-mu (MSL 12, 157 A 395).

lu[person] zi[cut]

lu₂ ze₂-ze₂ = ba-aq-⸢mu⸣ (OB Lu2-Azlag2 B-C Seg.7, 26).

lub[turnip] zi[cut]

^u₂lu-ub₂^sar ze₂-ze₂ (OB Nippur Ura 4 249).

siki[hair] zi[cut] gig[sick]

[siki] ze₂ gig = gu-ur-ru-du-ti (BBVOT 03, 63 o 10).

x-x zi[cut]

[...]-⸢x⸣ zi = MIN<(ka-ṣa-ṣu)> ša₂ GI.⸢ZI⸣ (K 13598 r i' 5').

šu[hand] zi[cut]

[šu] ⸢zi-zi⸣ = na-sa₃-ḫu-um (YBC 13524 d 222).

Bibliography

[2004] M. Molina and M. Such-Gutiérrez, JNES 63 3-9.

[2002] J. Høyrup, Lengths Widths Surfaces 20; 46.

[1994] M. Civil, Farmer's Instructions 70.

[1990] K. Maekawa, BSA 5 123-124.

[1972] H. Waetzoldt, UNT 11-14.

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