niākum

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Akkadian

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Root
n-y-k
1 term

Etymology

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From Proto-Semitic *nayak-. Cognate with Arabic نَاكَ (nāka, to fuck). Ultimately from Proto-Afroasiatic;[1][2] compare Egyptian

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(nk).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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niākum (G, a-i, durative inīak, perfect ittīk, preterite inīk, imperative nīk)

  1. to have sex with, fornicate with
    𒆷𒀀 𒀀𒉌𒆪𒅆 𒄿𒊭𒊑 𒀀𒈾 𒁉𒍪𒊑𒊭 𒆷𒀀 𒄿𒊒𒁍
    la-a a-ni-ku-ši i-ša-ri a-na bi-ṣu₂-ri-ša la-a i-ru-bu
    /anīkūši išarī ana biṣṣūrīša lā īrubu/
    (I swear) that I had no intercourse with her, that my penis did not enter her vagina.

Conjugation

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Conjugation
Infinitive niākum
Participle nāikum
Adjective nīkum
Active Durative Perfect Preterite Imperative
1.sg anīak attīk anīk lunīk
2.sg m tanīak tattīk tanīk nīk
f tanikkī tattīkī tanīkī nīkī
3.sg inīak ittīk inīk linīk
1.pl ninīak nittīk ninīk i ninīk
2.pl tanikkā tattīkā tanīkā nīkā
3.pl m inikkū ittīkū inīkū linīkū
f inikkā ittīkā inīkā linīkā
This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. For conjugation in other dialects, see Appendix:Akkadian dialectal conjugation.

Alternative forms

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Cuneiform spellings
Phonetic

References

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  • “nâku”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)[1], volume 11, N, part 1, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1980
  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E., Stolbova, Olga V. (1995) “*nukʷ-”, in Hamito-Semitic Etymological Dictionary: Materials for a Reconstruction (Handbuch der Orientalistik; I.18), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  2. ^ Bomhard, Allan R. (2014) “Proto-Afrasian *nakʷ-”, in Afrasian Comparative Phonology and Vocabulary, Charleston, South Carolina, →ISBN, page 148