akālum

Akkadian

Root
'-k-l
2 terms

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʔakal- (“to eat”). Cognate with Arabic أَكَلَ (ʔakala) and Biblical Hebrew אָכַל (ʔɔḵál).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /aˈkaː.lum/

Verb

akālum (G, a-u, durative ikkal, perfect ītakal, preterite īkul, imperative akul)

1. to eat, consume
2. to use, to have usufruct of
3. to pocket, (to take for oneself)

Conjugation

Conjugation

Infinitive		akālum
Participle		ākilum
Adjective		aklum
Active		Durative	Perfect	Preterite	Imperative
1.sg		akkal	ātakal	ākul	lūkul
2.sg	m	takkal	tātakal	tākul	akul
	f	takkalī	tātaklī	tākulī	aklī
3.sg		ikkal	ītakal	īkul	līkul
1.pl		nikkal	nītakal	nīkul	i nīkul
2.pl		takkalā	tātaklā	tākulā	aklā
3.pl	m	ikkalū	ītaklū	īkulū	līkulū
	f	ikkalā	ītaklā	īkulā	līkulā

This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. For conjugation in other dialects, see Appendix:Akkadian dialectal conjugation.

Alternative forms

• akālu (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒅥 (GU₇, KU₂)	𒀀𒅗𒈝 (a-ka-lum)

Derived terms

• akalum
• ukullûm
• ukultum