warkānum

Akkadian

Etymology

From the preposition 𒂕 (warka, “after, behind”).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /warˈkaː.num/

Adverb

warkānum (from Old Assyrian/Old Babylonian on)

1. later on, afterwards

Alternative forms

• warkānu (non-mimated)
• barkānum, arkānu
• urkānum, urkānu (Assyrian)

Cuneiform spellings

Phonetic	Mixed
𒉿𒅈𒅗𒉡𒌝 (wa-ar-ka-nu-um) 𒉿𒅈𒂵𒉡𒌝 (wa-ar-ka₃-nu-um) 𒉿𒅈𒂵𒉏 (wa-ar-ka₃-num) 𒅈𒅗𒀀𒉡 (ar-ka-a-nu) 𒅈𒅗𒉡 (ar-ka-nu) 𒉿𒅈𒋡𒉡 (wa-ar-qa-nu) 𒅈𒋡𒉡 (ar-qa-nu)	𒂕𒉡𒌝 (EGIR-nu-um) 𒂕𒅗𒉡 (EGIR-ka-nu) 𒂕𒉡 (EGIR-nu)

References

• “arkānu”, 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) “(w)arkānu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, via the electronic Babylonian Library