Word pulla-

Meanings


Comment
Meaning Comment
girl Gender-neutral 'young one, child': Hoffmann 1992. Sumerogram DUMU = pulla- 'young one, child'. Latin paul(l)us 'small, few': Hoffmann 1992. See also 'boy' 02.250, 'son' 02.410, 'daughter' 02.420, 'young woman' 02.261.
child DUMU 'child' = pulla-; Latin paul(l)us 'small, few': Hoffmann 1992. See also 'boy' 02.250, 'girl' 02.260, 'son' 02.410, 'daughter' 02.420.
son Gender-neutral 'young, small child; son'. Sumerogram DUMU = pulla-, not ayawala-, which means 'equal (in rank)': Hoffmann 1992. Latin paul(l)us 'small, few': Hoffmann 1992. See also 'boy' 02.250, 'girl' 02.260, 'child' 02.270, 'daughter' 02.420.
daughter Gender-neutral 'young one, child, daughter'; Latin paul(l)us 'small, few'. Luwian duttarri- supplies a gender-specific counterpart expressed in HTT by Sumerogram DUMU. MUNUS (earlier read DUMU.SAL: see 'female' 0.240): Hoffmann 1992. See also 'boy' 02.250, 'girl' 02.260, 'child' 02.270, 'son' 02.410.
boy Gender-neutral 'young one'. See also 'girl' 02.260, 'child' 02.270, 'son' 02.410, 'daughter' 02.420. Sumerogram DUMU 'child' = pulla- 'young one', DUMU.NITÁ specifies gender: 'male child'; cf. Latin paul(l)us 'small, few': Hoffmann 1992.