lišānu [EME : ] (n. fem.)
[Human → Body]
1) tongue (organ) , language , speech ; lišān girri : a tongue of flame ; 2) an ingot ; 3) a nation ;
See also : lišānu, mātu, ummatu, bētu
Comparison with other Semitic languages :
- Proto-Semitic : *lišān
- Arabic : lisān لِسَان
- Syriac : liššānā ܠܶܫܳܢܳܐ
- Hebrew : lāšōn לָשׁוׂן
- Ugaritic : lšn
- Ge'ez : lǝssān