ܟܟܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology 1

Possibly from Akkadian 𒄑𒂉 (kakku, “weapon”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [kakkaː]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [kaːka]
• (Tyari) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃaːka]

Noun

ܟܲܟܵܐ • (kakkā) m (plural ܟܲܟܹ̈ܐ (kakkē))

1. tooth

   Synonym: ܫܸܢܵܐ (šinnā)

Derived terms

• ܟܲܟܬܵܐ (kaktā, “small tooth of a comb”)

Etymology 2

Children’s language. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃat͡ʃt͡ʃa]
• (Urmia) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃˤat͡ʃˤt͡ʃˤa]

Noun

ܟ̰ܲܟ̰ܵܐ • (čačā) f (plural ܟ̰ܲܟ̰ܹ̈ܐ (čačē) or ܟ̰ܲܟ̰ܵܬ݂̈ܵܐ (čačāṯā))

1. (childish) hand

   Synonym: ܐܝܼܕ݂ܵܐ (īḏā)

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Possibly from Akkadian 𒄑𒂉 (kakku, “weapon”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kakkɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [kakke] (plural)

Noun

ܟܟܐ • (kakkā) m (plural ܟܟܐ (kakkē))

1. tooth (especially molar)
2. tusk

Inflection

Inflection of ܟܟܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܟܟ		1st person	ܟܟܝ		ܟܟܢ
	construct	ܟܟ		2nd person	ܟܟܟ	ܟܟܟܝ	ܟܟܟܘܢ	ܟܟܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܟܟܐ		3rd person	ܟܟܗ	ܟܟܗ	ܟܟܗܘܢ	ܟܟܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܟܟܝܢ		1st person	ܟܟܝ		ܟܟܝܢ
	construct	ܟܟܝ		2nd person	ܟܟܝܟ	ܟܟܝܟܝ	ܟܟܝܟܘܢ	ܟܟܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܟܟܐ		3rd person	ܟܟܘܗܝ	ܟܟܝܗ	ܟܟܝܗܘܢ	ܟܟܝܗܝܢ

See also

• ܥܪܫܐ (ʕaršā)
• ܪܚܝܐ (raḥyā)
• ܫܢܐ (šennā)

References

• “kk”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-10-18
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 155a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 214a
• Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, page 621a

Turoyo

Etymology 1

From Northern Kurdish kak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kako/ (singular)

Noun

ܟܰܟܳܐ • (kako) m

1. brother

   Synonyms: ܐܰܚܘܢܐ (aḥuno), ܐܰܚܐ (aḥo)

Etymology 2

Modified from above.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kake/

Noun

ܟܰܟܶܐ • (kake) f

1. sister

   Synonym: ܚܳܬ݂ܳܐ (ḥoṯo)