bed [DEFECATE]

bed [DEFECATE] (17x: Old Babylonian) wr. bed₃ "to defecate; excrement" Akk. teşû; zû

[1]		bed₃ (be₅, bid₃)
+	-0 (10x/59%); -da (7x/41%).

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[1]				17

4 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

1. to defecate (17x/100%)

~ LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur [[be₅]] = = [KU] = zu^#-u₂ UM 55-21-421 i 12'; [[bid₃]] = = [KU] = te^#-zu-u₂-um UM 55-21-421 i 13'. unknown/Old Babylonian/unknown [[be₅]] = ba-e = KU = te-e-zu^!-u₂-um JCS 04, 75-76 27; [[bid₃]] = bi-id = KU = na-du-u₂-um JCS 04, 75-76 28; [[bi₇]] = = KU = zu-[u₂] MSL 09, 124-137 iii 181; [[bi₇]] = = = te-zu-u₂^# MSL 09, 124-137 iii 182; [[bi₇]] = = = şa-ra^#-tum^# MSL 09, 124-137 iii 183.

2. excrement

Akk. teşû "to defecate"; zû "excrement".

[1959] E. Gordon, SP 144, 249, 335.

See ETCSL: bid₃=anus.

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