alaktum

Akkadian

Root
'-l-k
4 terms

Etymology

From alākum.

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /aˈlak.tum/

Noun

alaktum f (construct state alakti, pronominal state alakta, plural alkātum or alkakātum)

1. behaviour, customs
2. activity, movement
3. passage, road, course, way
4. caravan

Alternative forms

• alaktu (non-mimated)
• alkatum, alkatu (rare, poetic)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒀀𒁺 (A.RA₂)	𒀀𒆷𒀝𒌈 (a-la-ak-tum)

Related terms

• alaktam parāsum