kalûm
Akkadian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Semitic *kʷall- or *kull-. Cognate with Arabic كُلّ (kull) and Biblical Hebrew כֹּל (kól).
Pronunciation edit
- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /kaˈluːm/
Noun edit
kalûm m (construct state kala or kali or kal, pronominal state kalû or kalî or kalâ) (from Old Akkadian on)
- all, totality, entirety, whole
- 𒅗𒆷 𒀭𒎌 ― ka-la DINGIR.MEŠ /kala ilī/ ― all the gods
- 𒆬𒄀 𒅗𒇻𒋗 ― KUG.SIG₁₇ ka-lu-šu /ḫurāṣum kalûšu/ ― all the gold (literally, “the gold, all of it”)
Alternative forms edit
- kalû (non-mimated)
- kulum (Old Assyrian)
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References edit
- “kalu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
- Huehnergard, John (2011) A Grammar of Akkadian (Harvard Semitic Studies; 45), 3rd edition, Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, page 92