𒄃

𒄃 U+12103, 𒄃 CUNEIFORM SIGN GI CROSSING GI ← 𒄂 [U+12102] Cuneiform 𒄄 → [U+12104]

Translingual

Cuneiform sign

𒄃	Sign Number
MZL	105
Deimel	67
HZL	258

References

• R. Borger, Mesopotamisches Zeichenlexikon (MZL), Münster (2003)
• A. Deimel, Šumerisches Lexikon (Deimel), Rome (1947)
• Chr. Rüster, E. Neu, Hethitisches Zeichenlexikon (HZL), Wiesbaden (1989)

Akkadian

Sign values

Sign	𒄃
Sumerograms	GE₁₆, GIB, GIL, GILIM
Phonetic values	gil, kil₂, qili₂, qil₂

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Sumerian 𒄃 (gi₁₆, gil, gib /⁠gilim, gilib⁠/, “to lie across, block”).

Logogram

𒄃 • (GIL, GIB, GILIM)

1. Sumerogram of egērum (“to lie transversely across”)
2. Sumerogram of kilīlum (“wreath, crown”)
3. Sumerogram of parākum (“to lie across, obstruct”)

Sumerian

Etymology 1

Noun

𒄃 • (gilim)

1. alternative form of 𒄀𒄃 (^gigilim /⁠gilim⁠/)

Etymology 2

Verb

𒄃 • (gi₁₆, gil, gib, gilim, gilib /gilim, gilib/)

1. to cross, lie across, bar, block

See also

• Sumerian terms spelled with 𒄃

References

• “𒄃 [gilim]”, in ePSD2 (overall work in English), University of Pennsylvania, 2017–present
• “𒄃 (gi₁₆(l/b), gil/b, gilim/b)” in Daniel A. Foxvog, Elementary Sumerian Glossary, 2016