sub [RUB]

(126 instances)

sub [RUB] (126x: Ur III, Old Babylonian) wr. su-ub; sub; sub6 "to suck; to rub" Akk. naşābu

See ki sub[prostrate oneself], kiri ki sub[prostrate oneself], naĝa sub[rub with soap], ne sub[kiss], šu sub[gather up], šu sub[rub], šu sub ak[rub].

[1] cuneiform SU.UB su-ub
[2] cuneiform |KA×GA| sub
[3] cuneiform TAG sub6
+ -0 (74x/59%); -ba (33x/26%); -be2 (15x/12%); -bu (4x/3%).
3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 (no date)
[1] 27 71
[2] 8 1 2
[3] 4 4 2

53 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

1. to suck (126x/100%)

~ ELA/ED IIIb/unknown 1(u@c) la2 1(aš@c) gešti esir2 sub6-ba Nik 1, 283 o ii 3; 5(aš@c) gešti esir2 nu-sub6-ba Nik 1, 283 o ii 4. ELA/Old Akkadian/Girsu za3 ib2-ta-sub6!? BM 026777 8. ELA/Ur III/Girsu BI-u2 [x] da x ba-ab-sub6 HLC 059 (pl. 039) 4. ELA/Ur III/Umma ba-ab-su-ub CST 561 5; ba-ab-su*-ub CST 562 4; gešme-dim2 gešmi-ri2-za ma2-gur8 lugal-ka-ke4 ba-ab-su-ub YNER 8, 10 r ii 3. ELA/Ur III/Ur 2(ban2) esir2 e2-a dug NUNUZ.AB2×X#-e ba-ab-su-ub UET 3, 0840 1; [x]-x ba-ab-sub6 UET 3, 1708 6. ELA/Early Old Babylonian/unknown [...] x PA ba-ab-sub6 BIN 09, 326 12; 1(geš2) 2(u) 7(diš) gibanšur esir2 e2-a sub6-ba BIN 10, 170 1. unknown/ED IIIb/Girsu 4(aš@c) gešti esir2 sub6-ba DP 477 o i 2. unknown/ED IIIb/Nippur 1(aš@c) maš2 ga sub-a OSP 1, 107 3; NE sub6-me ASJ 16, p. 43-46 prism xvi 8. unknown/Ur III/Girsu [...] ba-ab-sub6 SAT 1, 255 5. unknown/Ur III/Umma esir2 su-ub-ba MVN 16, 0967 2; 7(diš) gipa4-ti-um 5(diš) sila3 esir2 su-ub-ba Princeton 1, 238 1; u4 1(diš)-še3 e2 ma2 la2-ke4 esir2 su-ub-ba Princeton 1, 374 2.

See: amar ga sub; nurma pu šu sub; sila ga sub.

2. to rub

Akk. naşābu "to suck".

[2001] M. Geller, ZA 91 236.

See ETCSL: su-ub=to rub; sub-sub=to suck.

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