imittu (1)  [ZAG : , Á.ZI.(DA) : , U.IÁ : ]

[Human → Body]

1) right side, right hand ; 2) South ; 3) shoulder ; [(ša) imitti] : southern , (on the) right-hand ; [ša imitti] : a right-sider (he who sits on the right side ) , second-in-esteem ;

Cf. imittānu, imnu, imitta

See also : šumēlu, šūtu

Comparison with other Semitic languages :

• Proto-Semitic : ^*yamīn
• Arabic : yamīn  يَمِين
• Syriac : yaminā  ܝܲܡܝܼܢܵܐ
• Hebrew : yāmīn  יָמִין
• Ugaritic : ymn  
• Ge'ez : yammān

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