kanākum

Akkadian

Root
k-n-k
4 terms

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

kanākum (G, a-u, durative ikannak, perfect iktanak, preterite iknuk, imperative kunuk) (from Old Akkadian on)

1. to seal (to use a seal on s.th.)
2. to seal a document
3. to place s.th. under seal (for safekeeping, etc.)
4. (in hendiadys) to give/take/send s.th. under seal

Conjugation

Conjugation

Infinitive		kanākum
Participle		kānikum
Adjective		kankum
Active		Durative	Perfect	Preterite	Imperative
1.sg		akannak	aktanak	aknuk	luknuk
2.sg	m	takannak	taktanak	taknuk	kunuk
	f	takannakī	taktankī	taknukī	kunkī
3.sg		ikannak	iktanak	iknuk	liknuk
1.pl		nikannak	niktanak	niknuk	i niknuk
2.pl		takannakā	taktankā	taknukā	kunkā
3.pl	m	ikannakū	iktankū	iknukū	liknukū
	f	ikannakā	iktankā	iknukā	liknukā

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

Alternative forms

• kanāku (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Phonetic
𒅗𒈾𒄣 (ka-na-kum) 𒅗𒈾𒆪 (ka-na-ku)

References

• “kanāku”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎^[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011