mete [ONE'S OWN] RP (126x) Early Dynastic IIIa, Early Dynastic IIIb, Old Akkadian, Ur III, Old Babylonian, Middle Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, Hellenistic, Uncertain, unknown wr. ni₂-te; ni₂-ta; me; me-te; ni₂-te-en; ne-ta; ne-ten; ni₂-te-a "one's own, self"

[1]	𒉎𒋼	ni₂-te
[2]	𒉎𒋫	ni₂-ta
[3]	𒈨	me
[4]	𒈨𒋼	me-te
[5]	𒉎𒋼𒂗	ni₂-te-en
[6]	𒉈𒋫	ne-ta
[7]	𒉈𒋼	ne-ten
[8]	𒉎𒋼𒀀	ni₂-te-a
+	--na=n.a (3x/2%).

	PC	ED IIIa	ED IIIb	Ebla	OAkk	Lag II	Ur III	OB	Post-OB	(unknown)
[1]							8	67	21	3
[2]		2	1		1			9
[3]		4
[4]					1			1	1	1
[5]									3
[6]								1
[7]					1
[8]									1

31 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Early Dynastic IIIa (6x/5%)

Early Dynastic IIIb (1x/1%)

Old Akkadian (3x/2%)

Ur III (8x/6%)

Old Babylonian (78x/62%)

Middle Babylonian (3x/2%)

Neo-Assyrian (18x/14%)

Neo-Babylonian (3x/2%)

Hellenistic (2x/2%)

Uncertain (1x/1%)

unknown (3x/2%)

Senses:

1. one's own, self (126x/100%)

Akk. ramānu.

Lexical Associations

lā[not]MOD ādiru[full of awe]AJ (// mete[one's own] ŋal[be])

ni₂-te nu-ŋal₂-la = la a-di-rum (TCL 06, 35 o ii 17).

References for all phrases

mete[one's own] duh[loosen]

⸢ni₂⸣-ta-a-ni in-duḫ (CBS 01862 r ii 5').

mete[one's own] ŋal[be]

ni₂-te nu-ŋal₂-la = la a-di-rum (TCL 06, 35 o ii 17).

zipaŋ[breath] šag[heart] mete[one's own]

za-pa-aŋ₂ šag₄ ni₂-te (CUSAS 12, 7.1 B r i 11').

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