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Emesal

Emesal proper noun: a variety or sociolect of the Sumerian language, used exclusively by female characters in some literary texts.

Proper noun

Emesal

  1. A variety or sociolect of the Sumerian language, used exclusively by female characters in some literary texts.

Forms of Emesal

alternative formEme-sal

Origin of Emesal

Learned borrowing from Sumerian 𒅴𒊩 (eme-sal /⁠emesal⁠/).

Questions about Emesal

What does Emesal mean?
Emesal means a variety or sociolect of the Sumerian language, used exclusively by female characters in some literary texts.
What part of speech is Emesal?
Emesal is a proper noun.

Words near Emesal in the dictionary

  1. emerying
  2. Emeryville
  3. Emerzian
  4. emes
  5. Emesa
  6. Emesal
  7. Emesan
  8. Emesans
  9. Emesene
  10. Emesenes
  11. Emesenian

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