ūmu [UD : ] (n., pl. m. & f.)
[Time]
day ; pl. : days (period of time, lifetime) ; ina lā ūmīšu at the wrong time ; (ina) ūmi at the moment of ; adi ūmi : until ; ištu ūmi / ultu ūmu : since ;
2) daytime (as opposed to night astronomy :[ME : ]) ;
ūmu kurû : a short (winter) day ;
ūmu arku : a long (summer) day ;
kal ūmi : all day , all day long ;
3) a whole day / 24 hours ;
[UD :
] X [KAM :
] : the "X"th day / "X" days ;
: [UD :
]-um : per day / a day , each day ;
: u/araḫ ūmāte : a whole month ;
: adi ūmu annîm : till today , till now , up to now ;
: ištu ūmmima : from today , from now on , henceforth ;
: ūm mašil / mašil ūm : half a day ;
ūm(u) ili : the personal ? god's day ;
išten ūmu : in one day ;
4) plural : days , the allotted time , the time , the era , the epoch , the season ;
umātu malû / ūmu malû : time is up (commerce, law ...) ;
ūmāt šamaššammī : sesame time / season ;
ina lā ūmišu : at the wrong time , at the wrong moment ;
(ina) ūmu : at the time of , in the days of ;
in(a) ūmišu(ma) : at his time , then , + present : at the stipulated time , in due time ;
Cf. ūmakkal, ūmakkalû, ūmtum, ūmšu, ūmu sadru, ana ūmi
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