kakkabum

Akkadian

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *kabkab-. Cognate with Arabic كَوْكَب (kawkab) and Biblical Hebrew כּוֹכָב (koḵɔ́ḇ).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ˈkak.ka.bum/

Noun

kakkabum m (plural kakkabū)

1. star
2. meteor, falling star
3. star-shaped object/formation

Alternative forms

• kakkabu (non-mimated form)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒀯 (MUL) 𒋼 (MUL₂) 𒌌 (UL) 𒀖 (AB₂)	𒅗𒀝𒅗𒁍𒌝 (ka-ak-ka-bu-um) 𒅗𒅗𒁍𒌝 (ka-ka-bu-um) 𒆕𒅗𒁍 (kak-ka-bu) 𒅗𒅗𒁍 (ka-ka-bu) 𒆕𒆏 (kak-kab) (construct state)