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𒆳

kur

n., mountain; highland; (foreign) land; the netherworld (ki,'place', + ùr, 'roof, mountain pass'/úr, 'root, base') [KUR archaic frequency: 145; concatenates 3 sign variants].
v., to reach, attain; to kindle; to rise (sun).

𒄀

reed; length measure, reed = 6 cubits = 3 meters (circular + to sprout) [GI archaic frequency: 484].

𒆠

n., earth; place; area; location; ground; grain ('base' + 'to rise, sprout') [KI archaic frequency: 386; concatenates 2 sign variants].
prep., where; wherever, whenever; behind.

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