lābum

Akkadian

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *labuʔ- (“lion”). Cognate with Arabic لَبُؤَة‎ (labuʾa, “lioness”) and Biblical Hebrew לָבִיא‎ (lāḇîʾ, “lion”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈlaː.bum/

Noun

lābum m (plural lābū) (from Old Akkadian on)

  1. lion
    Synonym: nēšum (“lion”)

Alternative forms
  • lābu (non-mimated)
  • labʾum (Old Akkadian, Old Assyrian)
  • labbu (Standard Babylonian)
Cuneiform spellings
Phonetic
  • 𒆷𒁍𒌝 (la-bu-um)
  • 𒆷𒀊𒁍 (la-ab-bu)

References
  • “labbu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
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