guru [GRIND]

guru [GRIND] (46x: ED IIIb, Ur III, Old Babylonian) wr. gur₅ "to grind, grate; to cut up, chop; (to be) trimmed, pruned" Akk. kasāmu; kaşāşu; urrû

[1]		gur₅
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22 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

1. to grind, grate (46x/100%)

~ ELA/ED IIIb/Girsu še bara₂ gur₅-a VS 14, 023 r i 2. ELA/ED IIIb/unknown še ziz₂ bara₂ gur₅-a-kam Nik 1, 174 r i 2. ELA/Ur III/Drehem giri₃ šu-^diškur sipa gu₂-gur₅ PDT 1, 594 9; 3(u) la₂ 1(diš) gu₂-gur₅ RA 63, 102 1; 3(u) la₂ 1(diš) gu₂-gur₅ RA 63, 102 4. ELA/Ur III/Girsu a-ša₃ e-na-gur₅^?-ne AfO 24, pl. 17 Truro 1 r i 11. ELA/Ur III/Umma [geš]-ur₃-bi 3(u) gur₅^!-ta MVN 01, 106 o i 17; [ŠU+LAGAB 5(geš₂) gur₅ geš-ur₃] MVN 01, 106 o i 22; gi gur₅^* su-bu-de₃ YOS 18, 123 r iii 12. unknown/ED IIIb/Girsu gu₇ še bara₂ gur₅-a DP 143 o ii 4; bara₂ gur₅-a i₃-tuš-a DP 184 r ii 2; bara₂ gur₅-a i₃-tuš-a-a DP 214 r i 1; še bara₂ gur₅-[a] DP 525 r i 2. unknown/ED IIIb/unknown bara₂ gur₅-a TSA 02 r vi 2.

2. to cut up, chop

3. (to be) trimmed, pruned

Akk. kasāmu "to cut up, chop"; kaşāşu "to grind, grate"; urrû "trimmed, pruned".

[1993-1997] M. Stol, RlA 8 195.

See ETCSL: guru₅=to cut down.

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