imēru [ANŠE : , DÙR :
] (n. ;
[ANŠE.NITA :
])
[Animals → Domestic]
1) a donkey , a jackass ;
ša imēru: a donkey driver ;
imēru šamê : a "donkey of the skies / sky" a bird ;
imēru ḫašî(m) : a donkey lung part of liver ;
imēru ellepi : part of a ship ;
imēru yāsibi : part of a battering-ram ;
2) : a figurine of a donkey ;
3) measure of capacity : a donkey-load ;
4) a measure of area ;
Cf. imērūtum
Variants : emāru, imāru, imīru
Comparison with other Semitic languages :
- Proto-Semitic : *ḥimār
- Arabic : ḥimār حِمَار
- Syriac : ḥmārā ܚܡܳܪܳܐ
- Hebrew : ḥmōr חֲמוׂר
- Ugaritic : ḥmr