Learn to Read ancient sumerian chapter 1

Question 1

ama

Answer 1

mother

Question 2

digir

Answer 2

god

Question 3

dub-sar

Answer 3

scribe

Question 4

dumu

Answer 4

son

Question 5

e^2

Answer 5

house, temple

Question 6

gal

Answer 6

big, great

Question 7

hur-sag

Answer 7

mountain

Question 8

kala(g)

Answer 8

mighty

Question 9

kur

Answer 9

mountain

Question 10

lugal

Answer 10

king

Question 11

mah

Answer 11

magnificent

Question 12

me^3

Answer 12

battle, combat

Question 13

nin

Answer 13

lady

Question 14

nita^2

Answer 14

man, male

Question 15

tur

Answer 15

small, young

Question 16

ur-sag

Answer 16

hero

Question 17

𒀭

Answer 17

an(syllabic), digir(god or goddess, determinative used before names of divine entities)

Question 18

𒈤

Answer 18

mah(to be high, chief, senior, lofty, exalted, august
to be great, large, magnificent)

Question 19

𒃲

Answer 19

gal(a large cup, big, large, great, full-grown,to be big, large, great
to be older, elder, eldest)

Question 20

𒌉

Answer 20

dumu, tur(small(er), young(er), minor, junior
short (time)
impetuous, wild, young one, child, infant
offspring, progeny
attendant child, son, daughter
citizen (of a particular city)
Synonym: 𒌉𒂠 (dumu-gir₁₅ /⁠dumugir⁠/)
member of a class, group, craft,small,
young
brief to be small, young
to reduce, subtract, diminish, deduct)

Question 21

𒂍

Answer 21

e^2(house, household, estate
temple ,

Question 22

𒆳

Answer 22

kur(mountain
(foreign) land, country
east, easterner, east wind
netherworld)

Question 23

𒆗

Answer 23

kala(g)(to be strong, mighty, powerful
𒈗 𒆗𒂵 ― lugal kalag-ga /lugal kalaga/ ― a mighty king
to strengthen, reinforce, mend
to provide for)

Question 24

𒈗

Answer 24

lugal(king)

Question 25

𒆷

Answer 25

la(syllabic)

Question 26

𒊑

Answer 26

re(enclitic) that (far from both the speaker and the listener)

Question 27

𒉈

Answer 27

ne(syllabic), bi^2, de^3

Question 28

𒆠

Answer 28

ki(place
𒆠𒂷 ― ki-g̃a₂ /kig̃â/ ― at mine (literally, “at my place”)
ground, earth
the netherworld
(relative pronoun) where
state, country, determinative used after geographical and place names)