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𒇸

líl

n., wind; breath; infection; spirit (of a place); back or open country (reduplicated li, 'cedar scent' ?) [? KID archaic frequency: 76; concatenates 5 sign variants].
v., to infect.

𒅴

eme

tongue; speech; plow's share.

𒂦

bàd

n., (city) wall [? EZEN archaic frequency: 114; concatenation of 3 sign variants].
v., to climb, ascend.

External links

Sumerian Lexicon, by John A. Halloran. That's the primary source for the 5000 entries of this online dictionary.
The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary, by Babylonian Section of the University of Pennsylvania, Museum of Anthropology and Archaeology
The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature, by the Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford
Sumerian language, English Wikipedia article
Introduction to Sumerian grammar, by Daniel A. Foxvog
Sumerian grammar lessons, a Wikibooks project
Kategorie: Sumerisch, the Sumerian category of articles in the German Wiktionary