mutum

See also: Mutum and Mut'um

Akkadian

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *mut- (“person, man”). Cognate with Biblical Hebrew מְתִים (məṯim, “men”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmu.tum/

Noun

mutum m (construct state mut or muti, plural mutū) (from Old Akkadian on)

1. husband
2. man, warrior

Alternative forms

• mutu (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒁮 (DAM)	𒈬𒌈 (mu-tum) 𒈬𒌅𒌑𒌝 (mu-tu-u₂-um) 𒈬𒌅 (mu-tu) 𒈬𒌓 (mu-tu₂)

References

• “mutu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
• Black, Jeremy; George, Andrew; Postgate, Nicholas (2000), “mutu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, via the electronic Babylonian Library

Hausa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mù.tûm/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [mʊ̀.tɪ̂ŋ]
• Hyphenation: mù‧tûm

Noun

mùtûm m (feminine mùtūnìyā, plural mutā̀nē)

1. (only masculine) person
2. (only masculine) man, male
3. native or resident of a place

Latin

Adjective

mūtum

1. inflection of mūtus:
   1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
   2. accusative masculine singular

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /muˈtũ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /muˈtũ/

• Hyphenation: mu‧tum

Noun

mutum m (plural mutuns)

1. curassow (any bird of the family Cracidae)

Descendants

• → Hunsrik: Mutung

References

• “mutum”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “mutum” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Further reading

• “mutum”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025