Akkadian

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Root
k-n-k
4 terms

Etymology

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Unknown.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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kanākum (G, a-u, durative ikannak, perfect iktanak, preterite iknuk, imperative kunuk) (from Old Akkadian on)

  1. to seal (to use a seal on s.th.)
  2. to seal a document
  3. to place s.th. under seal (for safekeeping, etc.)
  4. (in hendiadys) to give/take/send s.th. under seal

Conjugation

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Conjugation
Infinitive kanākum
Participle kānikum
Adjective kankum
Active Durative Perfect Preterite Imperative
1.sg akannak aktanak aknuk luknuk
2.sg m takannak taktanak taknuk kunuk
f takannakī taktankī taknukī kunkī
3.sg ikannak iktanak iknuk liknuk
1.pl nikannak niktanak niknuk i niknuk
2.pl takannakā taktankā taknukā kunkā
3.pl m ikannakū iktankū iknukū liknukū
f ikannakā iktankā iknukā liknukā
This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. For conjugation in other dialects, see Appendix:Akkadian dialectal conjugation.

Alternative forms

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Cuneiform spellings
Phonetic

References

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  • “kanāku”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011