| old man |
Gender-neutral term for old person, elder. Sumerograms with Sumerographic determinatives for male or female LÚ or MUNUS/ SHU.GI differentiate 'old man' from 'old woman': CHD 2-3:223-227. See also miyahunte- 'become old, live long'. |
| old woman |
Gender-neutral term for old person, elder: 'old man' 02.461. Also Sumerogram with female determinative MUNUS/ SHU.GI = HTT MUNUS/hasawa- 'old woman, ritual practioner' in birth rituals, for example. |
| old |
CHD. Sumerogram LIBIR. Opposite of mayant- 'young, vigorous; grown up' 02.251, from the ablauting verb mai-, miya- 'grow' 12.530. |