𒂍

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) house

Pronunciation
Jagersma proposes as original pronunciation, which later changed to, with loss of initial  and contraction of  to.

The initial would explain the Semitic reflection of the word  in words like Ugaritic, Arabic  or Hebrew. Moreover, it is also supported by Ebla and Old Akkadian orthography, where the sign had the phonetic values /ha/ and /ḥa/.

As for the final, some Auslaut must be posited to account for the common writing ("his/her house"), where the  of the enclitic possessive pronoun  is spelled out and not contracted, as it normally would be, with the preceding vowel. Compare with, with contraction of 's final vowel and the /a/ of.

Noun

 * 1) house, household, estate
 * 2) temple
 * 3) * "sux"

- 𒉺𒋼𒋛𒆤 𒂍 𒈬𒆕