The transfer of phonetic values from the compound as a whole to the combined elements is a unique feature of an artificial language.

Unable to generate words in a natural way, Semitic scribes transferred the same phonetic value from one large complex of ideograms to the building blocks by means of association. It is the smoking gun, the ultimate proof of the fact that Sumerian was created in a hurry in a lab not like any other agglutinative language in the real world. ummud [WATERSKIN] (126x: ED IIIa, ED IIIb, Ur III, Early Old Babylonian, Old Babylonian) wr.kuummud; ummud; ummudx(|A.U.EDIN.LAL|) "waterskin" Akk. ndu [1] [2] [3] +
ku

ummud (kuummu3)

ummud (ummu3) ummudx(|A.U.EDIN.LAL|) -0 (116x/92%); -da (8x/6%); -de3 (2x/2%). (no 3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 date) 2 64 57 1

[1] [2] [3]

12 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table. 1. waterskin (126x/100%) ~ LEX/ED IIIa/Fara kuummud SF 070 o iv 7. LEX/Old Babylonian/Kish [[kuA.EDIN.LA2]] = [...]= [KU-A.EDIN.LA2] = na-du-um PRAK 1 B 227 2. LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur kuummudOB Nippur Ura 2 387; [[kuummu3]] = = [KU][A].EDIN.LA2 = na-du-u2-um OB Diri Nippur Seg.9, 5; [[kuummu3]] = [...] = KU[A.EDIN].LA2 = na-du-u2-um OB Diri Nippur Seg.9, 40. LEX/Old Babylonian/unknown [[kuummud]] = = [KU]-[A.EDIN].LA2 = na-a-du-umOB Diri "Oxford" 578. ELA/ED IIIb/Girsu 1(a@c) sa ummux(EDIN.A.SU.A) sumun VS 25, 075 r ii 9. ELA/Ur III/Drehem mu ummu3-e3 AUCT 1, 149 2; mu kuummu3-e3 OIP 115, 449 2. ELA/Ur III/Girsu 1(di) tug2 sa kuummu3 sag10 TUT 132 5; 1(u) 2(di) tug2 sakuummu3 TUT 132 13. ELA/Ur III/Nippur kuummu3-de3 akde3 MVN 09, 177 7. ELA/Ur III/Umma 1(di) kuummu3 ASJ 12, 040 09 4; 1(di) kuummu3 BIN 05, 106 1; 1(di)kuummu3 BIN 05, 106 6. ELA/Ur III/Ur 4(di) kuummu3 UET 3, 1074 2. ELA/Ur III/unclear [... ku]ummu3 ku3babbar TIM 06, 19 o i 7'. ELA/Ur III/unknown 4(geu) 1(u)5(di) kuummu3 [...] YOS 15, 181 8; 5(u) kuummu3 lulim YOS 15, 181 9. ELA/Early Old Babylonian/unknown 3(di) kuummu3 BIN 09, 034 3; mu kuummu3-e3 BIN 09, 034 2; 4(di) kuummu3 ka-tab BIN 09, 034 6. unknown/Ur III/Drehem 1(di) kuummu3Aleppo 488 5; 1(di) kuummu3 Aleppo 488

2; 1(di) kuummu3 Aleppo 488 5; 1(di)kuummu3 Aleppo 488 1. unknown/Ur III/Girsu kuummu3-e3 TCTI 2, 03465 2.unknown/Ur III/Umma 8(di) kuummu3 Luomo 55 o i 11; 1(di) kuummu3 Luomo 55 o ii 17; la2-ia3 2(di) kua-ga2-la2 1(di) e-sir2 1(di) kuummu3 ha-la-ni MVN 16, 0692 9. See: lu ummud; agia ummud. Akk. ndu "(water-)skin". [1997-1998] R. de Maaijer and B. Jagersma, AfO 44-45 280. [1993] A. Cavigneaux and F. Alrawi, ZA 83 194.

ummud = A.EDIN.LAL ummudx = A.EDIN ummudx = A.U.EDIN.LAL ummu = A.EDIN.A.LAL ummu3 = A.EDIN.LAL ummux = A.EDIN ummux = A.U.EDIN.LAL ummux = EDIN.A ummux = EDIN.A.LAL ummux = EDIN.LAL.A The Sumerian phonetic value ummu/ ummud is transferred from the compound A.U.EDIN.LAL [Akk. ndum "waterskin"] to one of the compound elements: [U] HOLE/ umun [BLOOD].

U bur3 bur [UNIT]. buru3 (see full listing) burudx(U) burud [PERFORATE]. ge14 ge [BLOW]. giguru giguru [EDGE]. puzur (buzur bur3 buru3) puzur [SECRET]. il3

il [EQUIPMENT]. u4 su [RED]. u [BASKET] (eu4). u [TOTALITY]. u (u4) u [COVER]. u [SIXTH]. u (un2) u [ABUSE]. u [EARTH]. u [FINGER]. u [GIFT]. u [HOLE]. u [TEN]. u [TOTALITY]. umun en [LORD]. umun [BLOOD]. Full listing. Also: a6, barx(U), bu12, geburx(U), gibiru, giburu, guru12, ha3, hu3, uur5, utahx(U), utux(U), 1(u).

[ ] (2x: Ur III) wr. na-a-du-um "a waterskin" Akk. ndu ummud [WATERSKIN] (126x: ED IIIa, ED IIIb, Ur III, Early Old Babylonian, Old Babylonian) wr. ummud;ummud; ummud (|A.U.EDIN.LAL|) "waterskin" Akk. ndu Clearly the Sumerian phonetic version ummud is a pun of Akkadian nadum [WATERSKIN]
nadum WATERSKIN
ku ku x