lug [TWIST]

(5 instances)

lug [TWIST] (5x: Old Akkadian, Old Babylonian) wr. lu-gu2; lug; lum "to twist; (to be) crushed" Akk. zâru

[1] cuneiform LU.GU₂ lu-gu2
[2] cuneiform LU lug
[3] cuneiform LUM lum
+ -0 (4x/80%); -gu2 (1x/20%).
3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 (no date)
[1] 1 2
[2] 1
[3]

5 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

1. to twist (5x/100%)

~ LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur lu-AŠ-gu2 OB Nippur Lu 459; lu-gu2 OB Nippur Lu 462c. ELA/Old Akkadian/Girsu 5(aš@c) be-lu-gu2 ITT 1, 01472 r i 4.

2. (to be) crushed

Akk. zâru "to twist, turn (around)".

[1989] P. Michalowski, Lamentation over Sumer and Ur 100.

See ETCSL: lug-gu2=to twist.

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