Sumerian–English Dictionary

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Word	Part of speech	Translation	Example
𒂊𒃶	verb	to go	𒇽 𒂍𒀀 𒈬𒂊𒃶 The man goes home now.
𒆗	verb	to come
𒌓𒁺	verb	to eat	𒌉 𒉌 𒈬𒌓𒁺 The child eats bread today.
𒇽	noun	person	𒇽 𒌷𒀀 𒈬𒂊𒃶 That person goes to the city.
𒇽	noun	man	𒇽 𒂍𒀀 𒈬𒂊𒃶 The man goes home now.
𒊩	noun	woman	𒊩 𒂍𒀀 𒈬𒂊𒃶 The woman goes to the house.
𒌉	noun	child	𒌉 𒉌 𒈬𒌓𒁺 The child eats bread today.
𒂼	noun	mother	𒂼 𒂍𒀀 𒈬𒂊𒃶 Mother goes to the house.
𒀀𒁕	noun	father	𒀀𒁕 𒌷𒀀 𒈬𒂊𒃶 Father goes to the city.
𒂍	noun	house
𒂍	noun	home	𒇽 𒂍𒀀 𒈬𒂊𒃶 The man goes home now.
𒂍𒁾𒁉	noun	school
𒌷	noun	city	𒇽 𒌷𒀀 𒈬𒂊𒃶 The man goes to the city.
𒆳	noun	country
𒌓	noun	day
𒈲	noun	night
𒌗	noun	month
𒈬	noun	year
𒌓	noun	sun
𒌗	noun	moon
𒀯	noun	star
𒀭	noun	sky
𒆠	noun	earth
𒉈	noun	fire
𒀀	noun	water
𒅎	noun	wind
𒄑	noun	tree
𒆳	noun	mountain
𒀀𒇉	noun	river
𒀊𒀜𒆠	noun	sea
𒉌	noun	food
𒉌	noun	bread	𒌉 𒉌 𒈬𒌓𒁺 The child eats bread today.
𒍤	noun	meat
𒄩	noun	fish
𒄞	noun	milk
𒊕	noun	head
𒅆	noun	eye
𒄴	noun	ear
𒅗	noun	mouth
𒋗	noun	hand
𒄊	noun	foot
𒋗𒄿	noun	heart
𒈬	noun	name
𒁾	noun	book
𒅗	noun	word
𒅗	noun	language
𒆬	noun	money
𒆍	noun	door
𒋛	adjective	good
𒍜	adjective	bad
𒃲	adjective	big
𒌉	adjective	small
𒂷	adjective	new
𒌝	adjective	old