See Also: Sumerian(dictionary)

Sumerian (iou)



Sumerian adjective & noun. L19.
[French sumerien, from Sumer: see below, -IAN.]
A. adjective. Of or pertaining to Sumer, a district in SE Mesopotamia (present-day southern Iraq) which with Akkad formed Babylonia; designating the Sumerians or their language. L19.
b. noun.
The language of the non-Semitic inhabitants of Sumer in the third millennium BC, known from cuneiform inscriptions and now the oldest known written language. L19.
A non-Semitic native or inhabitant of Sumer. L19.
Sumero- combining form [-O-] Sumerian; Sumerian and : L19.
Sumerogram noun a character or group of characters representing a Sumerian word, used in written Hittite (Akkadian etc.) as a substitute for the equivalent (longer) word in that language M20.
Sume'rologist noun an expert in or student of Sumerology M20.
Sume'rology noun the branch of knowledge that deals with the Sumerian language and antiquities L19.