qinnum
Akkadian edit
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q-n-n |
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Etymology edit
Resultative to qanûm (“to keep, to acquire etc”). Compare with Arabic قُنّ (qunn) and Biblical Hebrew קֵן (qen).
Pronunciation edit
- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /ˈqin.num/
Noun edit
qinnum m or f (plural qinnū or qinnātum f) (from Old Babylonian on)
Alternative forms edit
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Derived terms edit
- qanānum (“to nest”)
References edit
- “qinnu A”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
- Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “qinnu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag