rittu [KIŠIB : , KIŠIB.LÁ :
]
[Human → Body]
1) a hand , a wrist ;
rittu tamāḫu : to hold in the hand ;
tamḫat rittušša : she holds in her hands ;
2) possession / ownership ;
3) the paw of an animal ;
4) a handle , a stamp-seal ;
5) astronomy : rittu gamli : "the camel's paw" / the name oft a constellation ;
6) : opportunity / occasion / feasability ;
kīma rittimma : as occasion arises ;
ul rittum : there is no opportunity / there was no opportunity ;
7)
: ina (muḫḫi) iltēt rittu : in one go , all in one ;
8)
: a plough / a plow (?) ;
alap rittu : an ox pulling the plough (?) ;
bīt rittu : land concession from temple or crown ;
9) Early Mari ; plural : ra ' āt(um) : a linear measure (?) ;
Comparison with other Semitic languages :
- Proto-Semitic : *rāḥat
- Arabic : rāḥat رَاحَة "palm"
- Ugaritic : rḥt
"hand"
- Ge'ez : ʾǝrāḥ "palm"