Compare سكن (sakana, “to dwell, to live”), הֵכִין (heḵin, “to establish, set up”), hif'il of כ־ו־ן (k-w-n), and 𐎌𐎋𐎐 (škn, “to establish”), Š-stem of 𐎋𐎐 (kn, “to be”).
šakānum (class a-u) (from Old Akkadian on)
- to place, put, set
- to establish, install, appoint, assign, impose
Conjugation
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Infinitive
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šakānum
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Participle
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šākinum
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Adjective
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šaknum
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Active
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Durative
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Perfect
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Preterite
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Imperative
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1.sg
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ašakkan
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aštakan
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aškun
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luškun
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2.sg
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m
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tašakkan
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taštakan
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taškun
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šukun
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f
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tašakkanī
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taštaknī
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taškunī
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šuknī
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3.sg
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išakkan
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ištakan
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iškun
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liškun
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1.pl
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nišakkan
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ništakan
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niškun
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i niškun
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2.pl
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tašakkanā
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taštaknā
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taškunā
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šuknā
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3.pl
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m
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išakkanū
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ištaknū
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iškunū
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liškunū
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f
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išakkanā
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ištaknā
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iškunā
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liškunā
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This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. For conjugation in other dialects, see Appendix:Akkadian dialectal conjugation.
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Cuneiform spellings
Logograms
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Phonetic
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- “šakānu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)[1], volume 17, Š, part 1, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1989
- Huehnergard, John (2011) A Grammar of Akkadian (Harvard Semitic Studies; 45), 3rd edition, Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns