gamālum
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Akkadian
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| g-m-l |
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Pronunciation
[edit]- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /ɡaˈmaː.lum/
Verb
[edit]gamālum (G, i, durative igammil, perfect igtamil, preterite igmil, imperative gimil) (from Old Akkadian on)
- to do a favour, be obliging, perform a kind act, act so as to please
- 𒄀𒅎𒆷𒀭𒉌 [gimlanni] ― gi-im-la-an-ni ― Please (do me a favour).
- to spare, save
Alternative forms
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Related terms
[edit]- gimillum (“favour”)
References
[edit]- “gamālu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
- Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “gamālu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag