niākum

Akkadian

Root
n-y-k
1 term

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *nayak-. Cognate with Arabic نَاكَ (nāka, “to fuck”). Ultimately from Proto-Afroasiatic; compare Egyptian

(nk).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /niˈaː.kum/

Verb

niākum (G, a-i, durative inīak, perfect ittīk, preterite inīk, imperative nīk)

1. to have sex with, fornicate with

   𒆷𒀀 𒀀𒉌𒆪𒅆 𒄿𒊭𒊑 𒀀𒈾 𒁉𒍪𒊑𒊭 𒆷𒀀 𒄿𒊒𒁍

   la-a a-ni-ku-ši i-ša-ri a-na bi-ṣu₂-ri-ša la-a i-ru-bu

   /lā anīkūši išarī ana biṣṣūrīša lā īrubu/

   (I swear) that I had no intercourse with her, that my penis did not enter her vagina.

Conjugation

Conjugation
Infinitive		niākum
Participle		nāikum
Adjective		nīkum
Active		Durative	Perfect	Preterite	Imperative
1.sg		anīak	attīk	anīk	lunīk
2.sg	m	tanīak	tattīk	tanīk	nīk
	f	tanikkī	tattīkī	tanīkī	nīkī
3.sg		inīak	ittīk	inīk	linīk
1.pl		ninīak	nittīk	ninīk	i ninīk
2.pl		tanikkā	tattīkā	tanīkā	nīkā
3.pl	m	inikkū	ittīkū	inīkū	linīkū
	f	inikkā	ittīkā	inīkā	linīkā
This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. For conjugation in other dialects, see Appendix:Akkadian dialectal conjugation.

Alternative forms

• niāku (non-mimated)
• nâku

Cuneiform spellings

Phonetic
𒉌𒀀𒆠𒅎 (ni-a-ki-im) (gen) 𒈾𒀀𒆪 (na-a-ku)

References

• “nâku”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎^[1], volume 11, N, part 1, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1980