Talk:Abzu

Abzu / Apsu is the origin of the word ABYSS

someone claimed that "Apsu" is a Sanskrit word, and thus predates this.

1.) Sumerian predates Sanskrit. 2.) It isn't even a single morpheme - its the locative plural of Ap. Second, its use is mostly in compounds - not by itself. See MMW 59, third column.

Yes, there's a bit of that going around lately. It needs to be reverted whenever it's noticed. TCC (talk) (contribs) 20:48, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

agreed, I need to get an account and start doing it for real. There has to be a point to getting an MA in Sanskrit, after all.

Then if you value your sanity, stay away from Talk:Out of India theory. Either your brain will explode or you'll die laughing. TCC (talk) (contribs) 08:29, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

i saw it a year or two ago, and had to leave, there was too much nonsense. and yes, it was humorous.

Pronounciation?

How is Aspu pronounced? Tutthoth-Ankhre (talk) 20:39, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

Roughly like ahs-POO --130.243.187.211 (talk) 22:14, 14 May 2012 (UTC)

Correct form

the correct sumerian form of the word is abzu, apsu is the akkadian gloss per EPSD http://psd.museum.upenn.edu/epsd/nepsd-frame.html I have made this correction. also I removed this since it is not the correct sign and this passages since it also tangential

Marduk, though called "firstborn son of the apsû" is actually Ea's (Enki's) son, not Apsû's; the title is meant to be taken metaphorically, as Marduk was the first "child" born in the apsû.

--Gurdjieff (talk) 04:01, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

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