The Akkadian word speckled became the Sumerian word shoe

We are going to demonstrate the typical word expansion in Sumerian. An Akkadian

word was prefixed to create another adjacent Sumerian word in a Sumerian phrase.
From the phrase [speckled shoe] the scribe created an extra Sumerian word shoe a2bu-ru-ma < Akkadian barmu
ku

[speckled]

e-sir2 a2-bu-ru-ma gun3-a e2-ba-an

Sumerian gun3 = Akkadian barmu

[speckled]

Akkadian:

barrumu
[Colors]
colourful / colorful ;
Cf. burmu, barmu (2)
See also : ap, pi, ap, tarpu, tiriptu

burmu
[Colors]
the coloured part ;
Cf. burmu, barrumu, barmu (2)

barmu (2)
[Colors]
D : to colour ;
Cf. burmu, barrumu, barmu (2)
See also : ap, pi, ap, tarpu, tiriptu

~ LEX/Ur III/Nippur [gun ]-gun -na-ab = bu-ri-im

3

sa [gun3-nu/na ] = bu-ru-mu
?

[
] (477x: ED IIIa, ED IIIb, Old Akkadian, Ur III, Old Babylonian,
unknown) wr.gun ; gu -un-gu ; gu -nu; gun "(to be) speckled, multicolored; (to be)
hatched (in sign names); to anoint, smear on, apply makeup"
Akk. barmu; eq

gunu SPECKLED

See kas gun[run].

[1]

gun3

[2]

gu2-un-gu2

[3]

gu2-nu

[4]

gun5

55 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

1. (to be) speckled, multicolored (477x/100%)
~ LEX/Ur III/Nippur [gun ]-gun -na-ab = bu-ri-im PBS 05, 136 [OBGT XI] ii 11. LEX/Old
Babylonian/Nippur
x gun -a OB Nippur Ura 2 430;
gu -ed gun -a OB Nippur Ura 4 Seg.6,
306'. ELA/Old Akkadian/Adab 1(a@c) sila e e gun -a Adab 0835+0840 5;3(a@c) sila e e gun -a Adab
0835+0840 3; 1(a@c) sila e e gun -a Adab 0835+0840 9. ELA/Ur III/Drehem 1(di) x [...] gun a Amorites 24 (pl.13) 2'; 2(di) gu mar-tu gun -a ASJ 09, 253 33 5; [x] x mar-tu gun -a AUCT
1, 459 1. ELA/Ur III/Girsu a gun -a ITT 3, 06587 3; 1(u) sipa ud gun -a ASJ 20, 104, 5 r i
21. ELA/Ur III/Umma1(di) tug u gun -a MCS 1, 37, BM 106055 o ii 3; [...] ku -bi us gun -a MCS 1,
37, BM 106055 o ii 29; 1(di) banur al gun -a MCS 1, 37, BM 106055 o iii
23.ELA/Ur III/Ur 3(u) gun UET 3, 0141 9. ELA/Ur III/unclear 3(di) tug kin gun -a 4(di)-kam us MVN 13,
012 2; 3(di) bar-si gun -a 4(di)-kam us MVN 13, 012 3; [...]x-ba-tum gun -a TIM 06, 19 o i
13'; [...] 1(di) e RU-RU gun -a TIM 06, 19 o i 14'.unknown/Old Babylonian/unknown igi gun = i-it-harum MSLSSI, 17-27 v 10; igi gun -gun = i-it-ha-rum MSLSSI, 17-27 v 11; igi gun -gun = ti-iqqu -u MSLSSI, 17-27 v 12; sa [gun -nu/na ] = bu-ru-mu MSLSSI, 17-27 i 36; sa bar gun = iit-ha-rumMSLSSI, 17-27 ii 15; sa gun -gun = i-it-ha-rum MSLSSI, 17-27 ii 16; sa igi gun =tiqu -u MSLSSI, 17-27 ii 17. unknown/ED IIIb/Girsu 1(u@c) bar-udu siki gun DP 051
3'; 1(barig@c) gaar (LAK490) gun DP 051 r ii 4; 2(u@c) nig -du -a hahur gun -aDP 105 o iii
6. unknown/ED IIIb/Lagash ku -bi nun SILA3 me mu-bi igi gun BiMes 03, 26 r v 4; 1(a@c) itimme U2 pe gun -a BiMes 03, 27 o iv 4. unknown/Ur III/Drehem1(di) gu mar-tu gun -a Ontario 1, 045
1; 1(di) amar pe ga gun -a Ontario 1, 062 2;1(di) gu mar-tu gun -a Ontario 1, 063 1. unknown/Ur
III/Umma 1(di) du -uk-si-umgun -a didli-bi e -ba-an SAT 3, 2004 1; 5(di) du -uk-si-um gun -a e-sir e -baan SAT 3, 2004 2; 2(di) e-sir a -bu-ru-um-ma gun -a didli-bi e -ba-an SAT 3, 2004 3; 1(di) esir gun -a e -a e -ba-an SAT 3, 2004 4; 9(di) e-sir gun -ae -ba-an SAT 3, 2004 1; 8(di) ma gu gun a e -dub-ba-ta SANTAG 6, 378 2.unknown/Ur III/Uruk 1(u) pe igi gun BagM 23, 82, W 25046 1.
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ku

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tug
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2. (to be) hatched (in sign names)

3. to anoint, smear on, apply makeup
Akk. barmu "multicolored, variegated"; eq "to anoint, smear on".
[1997] N. Veldhuis, EEN 123-125.
[1990] J. Klein, Studies Artzi 98-99 wn203.

See ETCSL:

aburuma

gun3=to be multicoloured.

[ ] (1x: Ur III) wr. a -bu-ru-ma "a shoe"

SHOE

a2-bu-ru-ma

[1]

1 distinct form attested; click to view forms table.

1. a shoe (1x/100%)
~ unknown/Ur III/Drehem 2(di)

ku

e-sir2 a2-bu-ru-ma gun3-a e2-ba-an