𒁶

𒁶 U+12076, 𒁶 CUNEIFORM SIGN DIM2 ← 𒁵 [U+12075] Cuneiform 𒁷 → [U+12077]

Translingual

Cuneiform sign

𒁶	Sign Number
MZL	686
Deimel	440
HZL	165

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	𒁶
Sumerograms	DIM₂, GIM, GIN₇, ŠITIM
Phonetic values	gim/kim/qim

Etymology 1

Orthographic borrowing from Sumerian 𒁶 (gim, gen₇ /⁠gen⁠/, “like, as”).

Logogram

𒁶 • (GIM)

1. Sumerogram of kīma (“like, as”)

Etymology 2

Orthographic borrowing from Sumerian 𒁶 (dim₂ /⁠dim⁠/, “to form, make”).

Logogram

𒁶 • (DIM₂)

1. Sumerogram of banûm (“to form, make”)

Sumerian

Etymology 1

Particle

𒁶 • (gim, gin₇, gen₇ /gen/)

1. (enclitic, equative case marker) like, as

   𒀀𒁀 𒋀𒈬𒁶 ― aba šeš-g̃u₁₀-gen₇ /aba šešg̃ugen/ ― Who is like my brother?

   𒋀𒀕𒆠𒈠 𒁶𒉆 ― urim₂^ki-ma-gen₇-nam /Urimakgenam/ ― it is as that of Ur

Derived terms

• 𒁶𒉆 (gin₇-nam /⁠ginam⁠/, “like; equals”)

 

Etymology 2

Verb

𒁶 • (dim₂ /dim/)

1. to build, fashion, form, create
2. to make like, make into
3. to act, behave like

References

• “𒁶 (dim)” in ePSD2
• Jagersma, Bram (2010) A Descriptive Grammar of Sumerian‎^[1] (doctoral thesis), page 202