On the logographic level (KI.SU.LU.UB2.GAR), Sum. uĝnim literally means 'a place where the army is located', i.e. military camp, with the determinative {ki} for geographical names [see further Englund 1990: 132-133].

Cf. in Ebla Akkadian the same literal meaning for EREN2.KI.GAR 'the place where the troops reside'. In lexical list [VE 140b] the lexeme is glossed as maš-bi2-tum /maṣbi'tum/ 'troops, army' (< PS * ṣ̂aba'-) and u3-ma-num2 /'ummānum/ 'troops' (= Akk. ummānum).