English - Sumerian Dictionary

by Adapa




S


Sabbat / Sabbatu
Sack / Bara
Sacred Bull of heaven / Gud-An-Na
Sacred song / Sir-Ku
Sad (to be) / Sa-Gig
Safe and sound / Silim
Sagittarius / Kis-Li-Vu
Sagittarius / Nibat-Anu
Sagittarius / Pa-Bil
Sailor / Ma-Lah
Salt / Mun
Salvage / Ze-Er
Sanctuary / E-An-Na
Sanctuary / Es (H)
Sanctuary / Uzug
Sand / Sahar
Sandstorm / U-Lu
Sash-cloth / Tug-Nig-Ib
Saturn / An-Shar
Saturn / Kak-Si-Di
Saturn / Sagus
Saturn / Tar-Gallu
Savior / Su-Tu-Tu
Say (to) / E
Scatter (to) / Bir
Scented / Resh
Scented house / E-Resh
Sceptre / Gidri
Sceptre / Pa-Pil-Sak
School house (tablet house) / Edubba
Schoolmate (junior) / Shesh-Ban-Da
Schools / E-Dub-Ba
Scimetar / Gam
Scorch (to) / Bil
Scorn / Sa-Hul-Gig
Scorn (to) / Hul. . .Gig
Scorpio / Gir-Tab
  Scorpiošs claws / Zib-Anitu
Scoundrel / Nu-Erim
Scrape (to) / Ze-Er
Scratch / Ze
Scratch (to) / Hur
Scribe / Dub-Sar
Scribeship / Nam-Dub-Sar
Scrub (to) / Naga-Su. . .Ub
Scuttle / Ab-Saga
Sea / A-Aba
Sea (of Heaven) / Ab-Ba
Sea (the) / A-Ab-Ba
Sea salt / Ab
Seal / Kisib
Seal (to,with) / Kisib-Ib-Tuk
Seal (without) / Kisib-Nu-U-Tuk
Search for (to) / Bu-Bu-Lu
Season / U
Secrecy Buzur
Secret Buzur
Security / Shu-Du (Su-Du)
See (to) / Igi-Bar
See (to) / Igi. . .Du
Seed / A
Seed / Nummun-Su
Seed / Numun
Seed / Se-Numun
Seed (corn) / Se-Numun
Seed (sower of) / Numun-Gar
Seed grain / Numun
Seek (to) / Pa (D)
Seek out / Kin-Kin
Seer / Ba-Ha-Ru
Seer / Baru
Seize (to) / Dab
Seize (to) / Tum
Seizer / Gir-Tab
Self / Ni
Sell (to) / Sim
Sell/buy (to) / Sa-Sa
Semen / A
Send back (to) / Ge
Send message (to) / Kin Ge
Sentence / Di
Seperate (to) / Hal-Hal
Sepulchre / Urugal
Serf / Dumu Daba
Serpent God / Enki
Service (to do) / Gub
Service (to do) / Gub
Set / Tukum-Bi
Set (to) / Gar
Set aside (to) / Za-Us
Set foot on (to) / Giri-Si
Settled down (to be) / Tus
Sexual ardour / Zi
Sexual vigor / Tes
Sexually excite / Zi-Zi
Shade / Gizzu
Shadow / Gizzu
Shake the head (to) / Sag-Bal
Shameless / Tes-Nu-Tuku
Shape / Tud
Share / Hala
Share / Su
Shark skin / Bar-Kushu-Ku
Sharp (make) / Sasa
Shave / Umbin. . .Ag
Shawl / Bar-Si
She / Ananene
She / Ene-E-Ne
She / Enene
She is / .Am
She who assigns destinies / Nanna
She-goat / Uz
Sheep / Uder
Sheep / Udu
Shekals of silver / Gin-Kubabbar
Shelter / Alad
Shepherd / Na-Kib
Shepherd / Sipad
Shine / Dalla-E
Shining / Bar-Dagal-La
Shining one / Utu
Shiny / Ra
Ship / Ma-Su-A
Ship / Tu
Shoes / E-Sir
Shoot (of a plant) / Henbur
Shorn (as a sheep) / Ba-Ur
Short duration of time / U-Tur
Shoulder / Zag
Shout / Gu-Ra-Ra
Shout (to) / Gu
Shove back / Zag. . .Tag
Show / Igi. . .Bar
Shred (to) / Bir
Shrine / Unu
Shrivel (to) / Bir
Sick / Tu-Ra
Sick (to be/make) / Gig
Side / Da
Side / Zag
Sigh (to) / Kus-U
Sight / Igi. . .Bar
Sign / Izkim
Silence / Ni-Me-Gar
Silence / Si
Silent / Si-Ig
Silent (to keep) / Si
Silver / Ku-Babar
Silver / Kug
Since (something/one is) / Nam-Ga-Me-Am
Since (something/one is) / Nam-Me
Since early days / U Ul-Li-A-Ta
Sinew / Sa
Sing (to) / Du
Sing a dirge / I-Lu. . .Du
Singer / Nar
Singer / Naru
Single / Didli
Single (a) / Dis
Sink (to) / Su-Su
Sire children (to) / Dumu-Tuku-Tuku
Sister / Nin
Sister (younger) / Nin-Ban-Da
Sit (to) / Du-Ru
Sit (to) / Tus
Sit down (to) / Dur-Gar
Site / Ki
Sketch / Gishur
Skin / Kus
Sky / An
Sky chamber / Sham
Sky God / Anu
Slab / Lagab
Slaughter / Sum
Slaughter (to) / Gaz
Slave / Urda
Slave girl / Geme
Sleep (to) / Ku-Ku
Sleep (to) / U. . .Tu
Sleeping / U-Tu-A
Slice / Gin-Pad
Slit / Kindar (A)
Small / Banda
Small / Di-Di
Small (to be) / Tur
Smash the head (to) / Sag Dub
Smear (over a surface) / Ta-Sar
Smite (to) / Gaz
Smite (to) / Tu (B)
Smiter (supreme) / Shar-Goz
Smitter (the) / Mote
Snake / Mus (H)
Snake / Sir
Snatch / Kar
Sneer at (to) / Bi-Ri-Ig
Soil / Mada
Sole / Didli
Solemn (to make) / Nam. . .Tar
Some / Nig
Someone / Name
Something / Ni
Son / En
Son (of) / Dumu
Son-in-law / Mi-Us-Sa-Tua
Song / I-Lu
Sorry (to be) / Zi Ir
Sound / Sa-Pa-Ag
Soup / Tu
Soup / Utul
Soup cauldron / Utul
Sour / Bil-La
Sovereign ruler (king) / Bara
Sowing / Numun. . .Ga-Ga
Space / Apsu
Sparrows / Buru-Musen
Speak / Gu-De
Speak (to) / Di-Di
Speak (to) / Dug
Speak (to) / E
Speech / Eme
Speech / Inim
Speed / Im
Speed / Kas-Kas
Spell / Tus
Spell / Us
Spells (written) / Inim-Inim-Ma
Spice house / E-Sim-Ma
Spirit / Dingir
Spirit / Nefs
Spirit / Sedu
Spirit / Si-Il
Spirit (to cheer the) / Ur. . .Sag
Spirit of a dead person / Gedim
Spirits / Bar
Spite / Nig-Hul
Splash (to) / Bi-Iz-Za
Splendour / Kir-Zal
Splinter / Bulug
Split (to) / Bar
Split (to) / Si-Il
Split the earth (to) / Ki Dar
Spoil / Tag
Spot / Ki
Spotted or speckled / Gun
Spouse / Dam
Spouse / Nita-Dam
Spread abroad (to) / Bur
Spring (well) / Tul
Spring up (to) / E
Sprout / Henbur
Squeeze / Sur
Stag / Lu-Lim
Stamp / Sig
Stand / Gub-Ba
Stand (to) / Gub
Standing / Gub-Ba
Star / Kakkab
Star / Mul
Star (the steady) / Sagus
Star of the bear / Kakkab-Dabu
Star of the bow / Kakkab Kas-Tu
Star of the Dog / Kakkab Lik-Lu
Star of the hero / Kakkab Dan-Nu
Star of Virgo / Sa-Sha-Shiru
Stare with wide open eyes (to) / Igi-Suh
Stars (twin) / M-A-Su
Station / Ki-Gub
Statue / Alan
Stay (to) / Du-Ru
Stay (to) / Gal
Stay (to) / Gub
Steadily / Gub-Ba-Bi
Steal (to) / Suh
Stele / Na-Ru-A
Stench / Ze
Step / Sug
Step on (to) / Gir. . .Gub
Step over / Bala
Steward / Agrig
Stick / Gidri
Stick / Pa
Stinger / Gir-Tab
Stir up / Zi-Zi
Stomach / Sagal
Stone / Na
Stone / Na-
Stone / Sag-Kal
Stone / Ul
Stone (made of) / Na-Bur
Stone (to cover with a) / U-Lu-Da. . .Dul
Stone (vertical) / Su
Stonecutter- engraver / Bur-Gul
Stop (to) / Mush De (Mus De)
Storehouse / Ga-Nun
Storekeeper / Ka-Guru-De
Storm / Lil
Storm / U
Storm bird / Zu
Storm God / A-Mur-Ru
Stove / Gir
Straight (to go) / Si. . .Sa
Straighten out / Si-Sa
Straightforward (to be) / Si. . .Sa
Strain (to) / Du-Du
Strange / Kur
Strange (to make) / Kur
Stranger / Lu-Kur-Ra
Street / E-Sir
Street / Sila
Strength / A
Stretch (to) / Du-Du
Strike (to) / Ra
Strike (to) / Sig
Strike a blow against / Su. . .Dug
Strike down (to) / Si-Ig
Strong / Agal
Strong / Da
Strong / Gud
Strong (to be) / Kalag
Struggle / Damhara
Struggle / Urbigu
Submerged (to be) / Gir-Gir
Submission (to give in) / Gu. . .Ga
Submissive (to be) / Gam
Submit / Gu. . .Ga
Submit (to) / Gu-Gis-Gar
Suet / Ia-Udu
Suffer a mishap / Tag-Tag
Suffering / Du-Lum
Sugary / Shipir Bel Imte
Suitability / Me-Te
Sumer land / Kalam
Sumerian Language / Eme-Zir
Summit / Muh
Summons / Gu. . .De
Summons / Pa (D)
Sun / Uru-Anna
Sun (the) / Apsu
Sun God / Shamash
Sun God / Utu
Superior / Bad-Da
Supervisor / Nu-Banda
Supplies / Kislah
Support (to) / Us (H)
Support a family (to) / Il
Supreme over the lands / Kur-Ra-Diri-Ga
Surpass / Diri
Surround (to) / Nigin
Surveyor / Sa-Tu
Survive (to) / Ti
Sustenance / Zi-Sa-Gala
Swallow / Sin
Swampland vegetation / Humba
Swarm (to) / Lu-G
Swarming livestock / Nig-Kua
Swear / Tu
Swear (to) / Mu Pa
Sweep away (to) / Ur
Sweet / Du
Sweet / Ku-Ku (D)
Sweet / Ze-Eb
Sweet drink / Kas-Du
Sweeten / Dug
Sweetheart / Nin Ur I-Sa
Sweetly / Dug-Dug
Sweetness / Ni-Ur-Sa-Sa
Swell (to) / Bun
Swept overboard (to be) / Ur
Swine / Kilim
Swine / Sah
Sword blade / Mi-Ib
Symbol / Shu-Nir-Ra (Su-Nir-Ra)
Sympathy / Arhus



T


Table / Banshur (Bansur)
Table / Bansur
Tablet / Dub
Tablet devided into paragraphs / Im-Su
Taboo / Nig-Gig
Tail / Kun
Tail of the Lion / Zib-Bat-A
Take (to) / Dab
Take (to) / Tum
Take apart / Bar
Take away (to) / Kar
Take care of (to) / En-Tar
Take charge of (to) / Ni-Ku
Taken away / Zig-Ga
Talk / Dug
Talk (to open the mouth) / Ka-Ba
Taste / Su-Su
Tatters / Tug-Mu-Sir-Ra
Taunt / In-Na
Taurus / A-Aru
Taurus / Gu-An-Na
Tax collector / Enku (D)
Teach (to) / Geshtu-Bad (Gestu-Bad)
Tear (to) / Bir
Tear (to) / Ze-Er
Tear down (to) / Gul-Gul
Tear off (to) / Bi-Ta
Tear out / Zi
Tear out (to) / Ze-Er
Tearful / Er-Ra
Tears / Er
Tears / Ir
Tears (crying) / Biz
Tears (to shed) / She-She (Se-Se)
Teats / Ubur
Teeth / Zu
Temoli / Ad-Du
Tempest God / As-Kar
Tempest god / As-Kar
Temple / E
Temple / Es
Temple of Inanna / Es-Dam
Temple of the God / E-Dingir-Ri-Ne-Ta
Terrible / Hus
Testicles / Nunuz-Dalla
Textile / Gada
The one (and the other) / Lu-Lu-U
Their / .Ne-Ne
Themselves / Ni-Te-Ane-Ne
Themselves (by themselves) / Ni-Ba
Then / U-Da
Therapy / Bul-Ti-Tu
There is not / In-Nu-U
Thereof / Sha-Bi-Ta
Thick / Dagal
Thick (to make/be) / Gur
Thin (to be) / Sal
Thing / Nig
Thing (a specific) / Inim
Thirst / Im-Mi-In
This / .Ne
This / Ne-En
Those / Bi
Thou / Za-E
Thresh / Us
Thriftless / Nu-Gar-Ra
Thrifty / Gar-Ra
Throat / Mili
Throne / Guza
Throne room / Gu-En-Na
Throw (to) / Ra
Throw (to) / Sub
Throw venom on / Us. . .Bi
Thus / Ur
Thy name / Mu-Zu
Tiamat / Ama-Usumgal-Anna
Tidy / Kug
Tie (to) / La
Tigris / Idigna
Timber / Eme
Time / A-Ra
Time / U
Time (agreed time) / Giskim
Tiny / Tur-Tur
Tire out (to) / Kus-U
Tired (to become) / Kus-U
Title / Mu
To / .Es
To and fro / He-Zu-He-Za
To be / Ba-Su
To do / Aka
To make / Aka
Toe nail / Umbin
Together with / .Bida
Togethor / Tesh-Bi
Togethor / Ur-Bi
Togethor (alltogethor) / Zag-Tila-Be-Se
Tomb / Urugal
Tongs / Dub
Tongue / E-Me
Tongue / Eme
Too much / Nig-Mah
Tool / Ba
Tooth / Zu
Top / muh
Top / Ugu (N)
Total / Shu-Nigin
Total / Til
Totality / Gu
Totality / Kilib
Touch / Tag
Touch (to) / Su. . .Dug
Touch upon / Te-Ga
Tower / Ma-Gid
Town / Uru
Trail / Sila
Trained / Sub-Ba
Trample (to) / Gir. . .Da-Kur
Transfer to someone (to) / Bal
Transform (to) / Gigi
Translate (to) / Inim-Bala. . .E
Translation / Inim-Gala-E
Travail / Zalah
Tray / Banshur
Treacherous / Lul-La
Treachery / Lul
Tread / Sug
Tread upon (to) / Gir. . .Gub
Treasure / Gil-Sa
Treasure (to) / Gil-Sa. . .Ak
Treasurer / Nam-Sha-Tam
Tree / Gis
Tree / Mu
Tremble (to) / Tuku-Tuku
Tribute / Gu
Trills / Ad-Du
Triumph / Uma
Troops / Eren
Troubled (to be) / Kush-U (Kus-U)
Troublesome (to be) / Sa. . .Ra
True / Zid
Truly / Ga-Nam
Tub / Bunin
Turban / Aga
Turn over or around (to) / Bal
Turning point / Gur
Turnips / Lu-Ub
Turret / Ab-Saga
Twig / Pa
Twilight / Simtan
Twilight / Simtu
Twin sons / Dumu-Tab
Twins / Mas-Mas
Twins / Mas-Tab-Ba
Twins / Mash-Tab-Ba
Twins (great) / Mas-Tab-Ba-Gal-Gal
Twist / Tab-Tab




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