The following words and definitions were culled from _The_Sumerians_ by Samuel Noah Kramer (1963), and _The_Treasures_of_Darkness_ by Thorkild Jacobsen (1976). I have made some interpretations in breaking down compound words which the above authors have defined. The English- Sumerian section is primarily alphabetical in organization, but in some cases phrases are entered by what appeared to be the "main" English word in a Sumerian compound word. I've also added some words to the Sumerian-English section from _Myths_from_Mesopotamia_ by Stephanie Dalley (1989). This is not intended to be authoritative but was originally compiled when there were no online sumerian dictionaries or glossaries back in 1994. There is a much more thorough dictionary being compiled by Adapa at the Twin Rivers Rising coven site at: http://home.earthlink.net/~duranki/index1.html#dict That site has been restored, and you may also be interested in John Halloran's Sumerian Language Page at: http://www.sumerian.org Chris Siren cbsiren@hopper.unh.edu Sumerian-English a - 1) water. 2) in ab - cow abgal - palace steward adab - hymn accompanied by a(n unidentified instrument) addub - basketmaker agal - strong-arm ama - source, root-stock, mother amageshtinna - root-stock of the grapevine amas - sheepfold amaushum - the one source an - heaven anaku - I Angimdimma - who counts as much as An anna - date clusters ansarrasiggigi - roaring on the horizon apin - plow apsin - furrow arad - slave aruru - germ-loosener ashag - field ashgab - leatherworker asimbabbar - new light (moon) babbar - rising sun bahar - potter barbar - flashing buranun - Euphrates river damgar - merchant damu - child di - judgement diku - judge dim - fashioner dimkurkurra - creator of lands dingir - god dingirenek - the gods ditilla - completed lawsuits, court records du - v. 1) to go, 2) to give birth dub - tablet dubsar - scribe dug - v. to speak dugbad - spreading the knees dukug/duku - holy mound dumuzi - faithful son dur - ill duranki - bond of heaven and earth e - house edubba - school (tablet house) eme - language Emegir - the princely tongue Emesal - women's speach emesh - summer (Feb/Mar - Sept/Oct) en - spiritual head of the temple, lord engar - farmer ensi - ruler of a city state enten - winter (Sept/Oct - Feb/Mar) eresh - queen, mistress eses - all temple, general (festival) Ezenmah - 1) Great Festival 2) ninth month of the year gaaz - 1) to break into pieces. 2) to kill gal - big gala - a priestly singer/poet, elegist, lamentation-priest galam - clever galamhuru - clever-fool, sophomore garra - set geme - slave girl geshtinna - grapevine gidda - long gikuga - pure reed gipar - the en's residence in the temple gishzida - the good tree, trusty timber gisnu - causing light gub - v. to stand gud - ox, bull guda - a priestly class guzala - throne-bearer ha - 1) fish. 2) may hamun - harmony? heam - so be it! hursag - foothill hurum -fool, boor hus - terrifying idiglat - Tigris river ilar - throwing stick imdugud - 1) heavy rain 2) slingstone 3) ball of clay 4) thunderbird 5) hail storm irshemma - hymn accompanied by a drum ishbar - weaver ishib - priest incharge of libations and lustrations itima - dark room ka - mouth kalammak - the land ki - earth kirugu - genuflexion? kur - 1) mountain. 2) nether-world kurkur - lands Kurnugi - land of no return - the underworld kurra - 1) land allocated to nigenna farmers, and temple artisans and administrators. 2) mountains ku - 1) to eat. 2) determiner lal - honey lam - tree lil - wind, air, breath, spirit, atmosphere lu - man lugal - king mah - 1) a priestly class. 2) august Mashdagu - first month of the year mashkim - court clerk/baliff melam - nimbus menna - diadem mesarra - myriad offices mikku - drum mudkesda - blood stauncher mug - vulva munus - woman mushen - bird nag - v. to drink naga - mortar nam - (-ship) namlugal - kingship namlulu - 1) humanity. 2) humans Nanna - full moon nangar - carpenter nar - music, singer ni - awesome aura nigenna - land that was reserved for the maintenance of the temple nimbar - palm nin - lady, lord ninda - 1) food. 2) bull. 3) a measure. 4) funnel of a seed-plow nindingir - a priestly class nugi - no return pahar - potter pukku - drumstick ran - bond ragaba - a political official sal - pudendum sanga - administrative head of the temple sag - head sagak - the insides sagarra - the set strings sagidda - the long strings sagtur -1) pen of the inside 2) birth house of the inside 3) womb sagzu - midwife sar - 1)writer. 2) plant shatam - a political official shar -whole she - barley shublugal - a lower class group shuhadak - fisherman shidim - mason sigsig - silence simug - smith sipad - shepherd sir - hymns sir-hamun - harmony hymns sir-namgala - hyms of galaship sir-namnar - musical hymns sir-namsipad-inanna-ka - hymns of shepherdship of (the goddess) Inanna sir-namursagga - hymns of heroship sisa - righting (wrongs) suen - cressent moon sukkal - a political official, secretary sukkalmah - vizier sulumb - date suna - wild cows taal - width temenos - sacred area of the city with its main temples and ziggurat tibira - metalworker, copper-caster tigi - hymn accompanied by a lyre tur - 1) child 2) young 3) weak 4) goat kid ubda - one of the four regions of the world udnua - day of lying down ududa - who has given birth udul - herdsman ugula - n. monitor, supervisor (scholastic) ummia - expert, professor ursagga - hero ushum - one urulal - land alloted in exchange for a share of the crop to different individuals, but especially to personnel of the temple to supplement their income. uzumma - flesh producer zagmi - works of praise zagmu - New Year zirru - reed-fence ziznak - embryo English-Sumerian air - lil august - mah atmosphere - lil awesome aura - ni barley - she basketmaker - addub so be it - heam big - gal bird - mushen give birth - du who has given birth - ududa birth house of the inside - sagtur blood stauncher - mudkesda boor - hurum break into pieces - gaaz breath - lil bull - ninda, gud carpenter - nangar child - damu, tur clever - galam clever-fool - galamhuru who counts as much as An - Angimdimma court clerk/baliff - mashkim court records - ditilla cow - ab wild cows - suna dark room - itima date - sulumb date clusters - anna day of lying down - udnua determiner - ku diadem - menna drink - v. nag drum - pukku drumstick - mikku earth - ki eat - v. ku elegist - gala embryo - ziznak Euphrates - buranun expert - ummia farmer - engar fashioner - dim field - ashag fish - ha fisherman - shuhadak flashing - barbar flesh producer - uzumma food - ninda fool - hurum foothill - hursag funnel of a seed plow - ninda furrow - apsin general (festival) - eses genuflexion - kirugu? germ-loosener - aruru go - v. du goat kid - tur god - dingir grapevine - geshtinna Great Festival - Ezenmah harmony? - hamun harmony hymns? - sir-hamun head - sag heaven - an herdsman - udul hero - ursagga honey - lal house - e humanity - namlulu humans - namlulu hymns - sir hymn accompanied by drum - irshemma hymn accompanied by a lyre - tigi hymn accompanied by a(n unidentified instrument) - adab hymns of gala-ship - sir-namgala hymns of heroship - sir-namursagga hymns of shepherdship of (the goddess) Inanna - sir-namsipad-inanna-ka I - anaku ill - dur in - a insides - sagak judge - diku judgement - di kill - v. gaaz king - lugal kingship - namlugal lady - nin lawsuits, completed - ditilla leatherworker - ashgab the land - kalammak language - eme causing light - gisnu long - gidda lord - en, nin man - lu mason - shidim may - ha midwife - sagzu measure - n. ninda merchant - damgar metalworker - tibira monitor (scholastic) - n. ugula full moon - Nanna cressent moon - suen new light (moon) - asimbabbar mortar - naga holy mound - dukug mountain - kur mountains - kurra mouth - ka music - nar musical hymns - sir-namnar myriad offices - mesarra New Year - zagmu nimbus - melam one - ushum ox - gud palace steward - abgal palm - nimbar pen of the inside - sagtur plant - sar plow - apin political official - 1) sukkal. 2) shatam. 3) ragaba potter - pahar, bahar works of praise - zagmi priest - 1) guda 2) man 3) nindingir priest in charge of libations and lustrations - ishib the princely tongue - Emegir professor - ummia pudendum - sal pure reed - gikuga reed fence - zirru righting (wrongs) - sisa rising sun - babbar roaring on the horizon - ansarasiggigi root-stock - ama sacred area of the city - temenos scribe - dubsar school - edubba secretary - sukkal set - garra shepherd - sipad -ship - nam silence - sigsig slave girl - geme smith - simug sophomore - galamhuru source - ama one source - amaushum speak - v. dug spirit - lil spreading the knees - dugbad stand - v. gub strings - sa long strings - sagidda set strings - sagarra sheepfold - amas slave - arad summer - emesh (Feb/Mar - Sept/Oct) supervisor (scholastic) - ugula tablet - dub all temple (festival) - eses temple maintenance land - nigenna temple administrative head - sanga temple singer - gala temple spiritual head - en terrifying - hus throne-bearer - guzala throwing stick - ilar Tigris - idiglat tree - lam the good tree - gishzida vizier - sukkalmah vulva - mug water - a weak - tur weaver - ishbar width - taal wind - lil winter - enten (Sept/Oct - Feb/Mar) woman - munus womb - sagtur women's speach - Emesal world region (one of four) - ubda writer - sar young - tur