ABALATA

abālu  [ḪÁD.A : 
 ]  (vb. a/a ; 
)

G. to dry (v.i.), dry out D. to dry (v.t.) Dt. to get dried Š = D

Cf. ablu, ablūtu

ablūtu  (n.)

[Sky → Climate]

aridity , drought ;

Akkadian ablūtu  stands for Akkadian ablūtu(m)  

Now look at Sumerian extended ideograms and try to understand the scale of the deceit:

abal [DRY] (38x: ED IIIb, Ur III, Old Babylonian) wr. a-ba-al "to be dry"

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a-ba-al

4 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

1. to be dry (38x/100%)

~ ELA/Ur III/Drehem 1(u) gur a-ša₃ a-ba-al-la-ta MVN 13, 836 4; gaba a-ša₃ a-ba-al-la-ka MVN 15, 075 3; 2(u)gur a-ba-al-la-ta TCL 2, 5512 7. ELA/Ur III/Girsu esir₂ a-ba-al si-ga AION 31, 171 01 2; 1(diš) gu₂ esir₂ a-ba-al si-ga BAOM 2, 39 113 3; i₃-dub a-ba-al-la-ta Berens 051 4. ELA/Ur III/Umma 2(u) gu₂ esir₂ a-ba-al TCL 5, 6037 o v 30; 2(u) gu₂ esir₂ a-ba-al TCL 5, 6040 o i 12'; ŠU+LAGAB 2(u) gu₂ esir₂ a-ba-al TCL 5, 6040 r v 7.unknown/ED IIIb/Girsu 1(barig@c) esir₂ a-ba-al DP 345 o i 4. unknown/Ur III/Drehem i₃-dub <a>-ša₃ a-ba-al-la-ka MVN 20, 131 2. unknown/Ur III/Girsu 1(aš) gu₂ 1(u) ma-na a-ba-<al> si-ga-še₃ BM Messenger 319 2; 1(u) gu₂4(u) ma-na esir₂ a-ba-al si-ga BM Messenger 325 1; a-ša₃ a-ba-al-[la]-ta MVN 17, 149 3. unknown/Ur III/Nippur ŠU+LAGAB 1(geš₂) 1(u) 6(aš) 3(ban₂) 1(diš) sila₃ esir₂ a-ba-al gur BBVO 11, 266, 5N-T464 o ii 7'. unknown/Ur III/Umma [2(ban₂)] sag₁₀ 4(diš) a-ba-al SANTAG 6, 382 r i 4.

The verb is abalu and the adjective is abalata just like in Akkadian.

lah [DRY] (1x: Old Babylonian) wr. lah₂ "to dry" Akk. šābulu

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lah2

1 distinct form attested; click to view forms table.

1. to dry (1x/100%)

~ LEX/Old Babylonian/unknown lu₂ ki ba-lah₂ = ša a-ša-ar-šu ša-bu-lu OB Lu-Azlag A 293.

Again the Sumerian words is not lah [DRY] but ba-lah₂ from Akkadian abālu

Clearly the root lah₂ is misleading and creates the impression that Sumerian is agglutinative while it is an Akkadian in disguise.

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