Associations to the word «Sumerian»

Wiktionary

SUMERIAN, adjective. Of, from or pertaining to Sumer.
SUMERIAN, adjective. Of, from or pertaining to lower Babylonia, which was anciently called Šumer in Akkadian.
SUMERIAN, noun. A person of Sumer.
SUMERIAN, noun. A native of lower Babylonia, called Šumer in Akkadian.
SUMERIAN, proper noun. The ancient language spoken in Sumer, a language isolate.

Dictionary definition

SUMERIAN, noun. A member of a people who inhabited ancient Sumer.
SUMERIAN, adjective. Of or relating to ancient Sumer or its inhabitants.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats