lišānum [UZU.ME : ] (feminine word)
[Human → Speech]
1) a tongue (human or animal organ , language - instrument of prayer/ malice- , a dialect , a pronunciation + , a nationality , a people / nation ;
lišānu(m) sakiltu : a barbarous / foreign (?) tongue ;
lišānu(m) šakānu : to engage in conversation ;
bēl lišāni : one who can speak a foreign language , an interpreter / a bilingual person (?) ;
2) a speech , a statement , a judicial deposition (Nuzi) , a rumor , gossip , hearsay tidings , news ;
ša lišāni : an informer , an informant , an orator ;
3) : a list of synonyms ;
4) (transfert): tongue of fire , blade of implement ;
5) a spit of land + / an isthmus + ;
6) lišānu kalbi : "tongue of dog" / Cynoglossum ;
7) astronomy : [Ú.EME.UR.GI7 :
] : (mul) lišānu kalbi : (a star) ;
Comparison with other Semitic languages :
- Syriac : lišana "tongue , language"