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) ;

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