The following words and definitions were culled from _The_Sumerians_ 
by Samuel Noah Kramer (1963), and _The_Treasures_of_Darkness_ by 
Thorkild Jacobsen (1976).  I have made some interpretations in breaking
down compound words which the above authors have defined.  The English-
Sumerian section is primarily alphabetical in organization, but in some
cases phrases are entered by what appeared to be the "main" English 
word in a Sumerian compound word.  I've also added some words to the
Sumerian-English section from _Myths_from_Mesopotamia_ by Stephanie
Dalley (1989).  This is not intended to be authoritative but was
originally compiled when there were no online sumerian dictionaries or
glossaries back in 1994.

There is a much more thorough dictionary being compiled by Adapa 
at the Twin Rivers Rising coven site at:

http://home.earthlink.net/~duranki/index1.html#dict

That site has been restored, and you may also be interested in John
Halloran's Sumerian Language Page at:
http://www.sumerian.org

Chris Siren
[email protected]

Sumerian-English

a - 1) water. 2) in
ab - cow
abgal - palace steward
adab - hymn accompanied by a(n unidentified instrument)
addub - basketmaker
agal - strong-arm
ama - source, root-stock, mother
amageshtinna - root-stock of the grapevine
amas - sheepfold
amaushum - the one source
an - heaven
anaku - I
Angimdimma - who counts as much as An
anna - date clusters
ansarrasiggigi - roaring on the horizon
apin - plow
apsin - furrow
arad - slave
aruru - germ-loosener
ashag - field
ashgab - leatherworker
asimbabbar - new light (moon)
babbar - rising sun
bahar - potter
barbar - flashing
buranun - Euphrates river
damgar - merchant
damu - child
di - judgement
diku - judge
dim - fashioner
dimkurkurra - creator of lands
dingir - god
dingirenek - the gods
ditilla - completed lawsuits, court records
du - v. 1) to go, 2) to give birth
dub - tablet
dubsar - scribe
dug - v. to speak
dugbad - spreading the knees
dukug/duku - holy mound
dumuzi - faithful son
dur - ill
duranki - bond of heaven and earth
e - house
edubba - school (tablet house)
eme - language
Emegir - the princely tongue
Emesal - women's speach
emesh - summer (Feb/Mar - Sept/Oct)
en - spiritual head of the temple, lord
engar - farmer
ensi - ruler of a city state
enten  - winter (Sept/Oct - Feb/Mar)
eresh - queen, mistress
eses - all temple, general (festival)
Ezenmah - 1) Great Festival 2) ninth month of the year
gaaz - 1) to break into pieces. 2) to kill
gal - big
gala - a priestly singer/poet, elegist, lamentation-priest
galam - clever
galamhuru - clever-fool, sophomore
garra - set
geme - slave girl
geshtinna - grapevine
gidda - long
gikuga - pure reed
gipar - the en's residence in the temple
gishzida - the good tree, trusty timber
gisnu - causing light
gub - v. to stand
gud - ox, bull
guda - a priestly class
guzala - throne-bearer
ha - 1) fish. 2) may
hamun - harmony?
heam - so be it!
hursag - foothill
hurum -fool, boor
hus - terrifying
idiglat - Tigris river
ilar - throwing stick
imdugud - 1) heavy rain 2) slingstone 3) ball of clay 4) thunderbird 
	5) hail storm
irshemma - hymn accompanied by a drum
ishbar - weaver
ishib - priest incharge of libations and lustrations
itima - dark room
ka - mouth
kalammak - the land
ki - earth
kirugu - genuflexion?
kur - 1) mountain. 2) nether-world
kurkur - lands
Kurnugi - land of no return - the underworld
kurra - 1) land allocated to nigenna farmers, and temple artisans 
	and administrators. 2) mountains
ku - 1) to eat. 2) determiner
lal - honey
lam - tree
lil - wind, air, breath, spirit, atmosphere
lu - man
lugal - king
mah - 1) a priestly class. 2) august
Mashdagu - first month of the year
mashkim - court clerk/baliff
melam - nimbus
menna - diadem
mesarra - myriad offices
mikku - drum
mudkesda - blood stauncher
mug - vulva
munus - woman
mushen - bird
nag - v. to drink
naga - mortar
nam - (-ship)
namlugal - kingship
namlulu - 1) humanity. 2) humans
Nanna - full moon
nangar - carpenter
nar - music, singer
ni - awesome aura
nigenna - land that was reserved for the maintenance of the temple
nimbar - palm
nin - lady, lord
ninda - 1) food. 2) bull. 3) a measure. 4) funnel of a seed-plow
nindingir - a priestly class
nugi - no return
pahar - potter
pukku - drumstick
ran - bond
ragaba - a political official
sal - pudendum
sanga - administrative head of the temple
sag - head
sagak - the insides
sagarra - the set strings
sagidda - the long strings
sagtur -1) pen of the inside 2) birth house of the inside 3) womb
sagzu - midwife
sar - 1)writer. 2) plant
shatam - a political official
shar -whole
she - barley
shublugal - a lower class group
shuhadak - fisherman
shidim - mason
sigsig - silence
simug - smith
sipad - shepherd
sir - hymns
sir-hamun - harmony hymns
sir-namgala - hyms of galaship
sir-namnar - musical hymns
sir-namsipad-inanna-ka - hymns of shepherdship of (the goddess) Inanna
sir-namursagga - hymns of heroship
sisa - righting (wrongs)
suen - cressent moon
sukkal - a political official, secretary
sukkalmah - vizier
sulumb - date
suna - wild cows
taal - width
temenos - sacred area of the city with its main temples and ziggurat
tibira - metalworker, copper-caster
tigi - hymn accompanied by a lyre
tur - 1) child 2) young 3) weak 4) goat kid
ubda - one of the four regions of the world
udnua - day of lying down
ududa - who has given birth
udul - herdsman
ugula - n. monitor, supervisor (scholastic)
ummia - expert, professor
ursagga - hero
ushum - one
urulal - land alloted in exchange for a share of the crop to different 
	individuals, but especially to personnel of the temple to 
	supplement their income.
uzumma - flesh producer
zagmi - works of praise
zagmu - New Year
zirru - reed-fence
ziznak - embryo


English-Sumerian

air - lil
august - mah
atmosphere - lil
awesome aura - ni
barley - she
basketmaker - addub
so be it - heam
big - gal
bird - mushen
give birth - du
who has given birth - ududa
birth house of the inside - sagtur
blood stauncher - mudkesda
boor - hurum
break into pieces - gaaz
breath - lil
bull - ninda, gud
carpenter - nangar
child - damu, tur
clever - galam 
clever-fool - galamhuru
who counts as much as An - Angimdimma
court clerk/baliff - mashkim
court records - ditilla
cow - ab
wild cows - suna
dark room - itima
date - sulumb
date clusters - anna
day of lying down - udnua
determiner - ku
diadem - menna
drink - v. nag
drum - pukku
drumstick - mikku
earth - ki
eat - v. ku
elegist - gala
embryo - ziznak
Euphrates - buranun
expert - ummia
farmer - engar
fashioner - dim
field - ashag
fish - ha
fisherman - shuhadak
flashing - barbar
flesh producer - uzumma
food - ninda
fool - hurum
foothill - hursag
funnel of a seed plow - ninda
furrow - apsin
general (festival) - eses
genuflexion - kirugu?
germ-loosener - aruru
go - v. du
goat kid - tur
god - dingir
grapevine - geshtinna
Great Festival - Ezenmah
harmony? - hamun
harmony hymns? - sir-hamun
head - sag
heaven - an
herdsman - udul
hero - ursagga
honey - lal
house - e
humanity - namlulu
humans - namlulu
hymns - sir
hymn accompanied by drum - irshemma
hymn accompanied by a lyre - tigi
hymn accompanied by a(n unidentified instrument) - adab
hymns of gala-ship - sir-namgala
hymns of heroship - sir-namursagga
hymns of shepherdship of (the goddess) Inanna - sir-namsipad-inanna-ka
I - anaku
ill - dur
in - a
insides - sagak
judge - diku
judgement - di
kill - v. gaaz
king - lugal
kingship - namlugal
lady - nin
lawsuits, completed - ditilla
leatherworker - ashgab
the land - kalammak
language - eme
causing light - gisnu
long - gidda
lord - en, nin
man - lu
mason - shidim
may - ha
midwife - sagzu
measure - n. ninda
merchant - damgar
metalworker - tibira
monitor (scholastic) - n. ugula
full moon - Nanna
cressent moon - suen
new light (moon) - asimbabbar
mortar - naga
holy mound - dukug
mountain - kur
mountains - kurra
mouth - ka
music - nar
musical hymns - sir-namnar
myriad offices - mesarra    
New Year - zagmu
nimbus - melam
one - ushum
ox - gud
palace steward - abgal
palm - nimbar
pen of the inside - sagtur
plant - sar
plow - apin
political official - 1) sukkal. 2) shatam. 3) ragaba
potter - pahar, bahar
works of praise - zagmi 
priest - 1) guda 2) man 3) nindingir
priest in charge of libations and lustrations - ishib
the princely tongue - Emegir
professor - ummia
pudendum - sal
pure reed - gikuga
reed fence - zirru
righting (wrongs) - sisa
rising sun - babbar
roaring on the horizon - ansarasiggigi
root-stock - ama
sacred area of the city - temenos
scribe - dubsar
school - edubba
secretary - sukkal
set - garra
shepherd - sipad
-ship - nam
silence - sigsig
slave girl - geme
smith - simug
sophomore - galamhuru
source - ama
one source - amaushum
speak - v. dug
spirit - lil
spreading the knees - dugbad
stand - v. gub
strings - sa
long strings - sagidda
set strings - sagarra
sheepfold - amas
slave - arad
summer - emesh (Feb/Mar - Sept/Oct)
supervisor (scholastic) - ugula
tablet - dub
all temple (festival) - eses
temple maintenance land - nigenna
temple administrative head - sanga
temple singer - gala
temple spiritual head - en
terrifying - hus
throne-bearer - guzala
throwing stick - ilar
Tigris - idiglat
tree - lam
the good tree - gishzida
vizier - sukkalmah
vulva - mug
water - a
weak - tur
weaver - ishbar
width - taal
wind - lil
winter - enten (Sept/Oct - Feb/Mar)
woman - munus
womb - sagtur
women's speach - Emesal
world region (one of four) - ubda
writer - sar
young - tur