santakkum

Akkadian

Etymology

From Sumerian 𒁹 (santak₄, sag̃tak₄ /⁠sag̃tak⁠/, “triangle; wedge”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

santakkum m (plural santakkū) (Babylonian)

1. (geometry) triangle
2. cuneiform wedge
3. one

Alternative forms

• santakku (non-mimated)
• sattakkum, sattaku
• samdakkum (occasionally)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒊕𒆕 (SAG.DU₃, SAG.KAK) (triangle) 𒁹 (DIŠ, SANTAK₄) (wedge)	𒊓𒀭𒋫𒀝𒄣 (sa-an-ta-ak-kum) 𒊓𒋫𒆪𒌝 (sa-ta-ku-um) 𒊕𒋫𒄣 (san-ta-kum) 𒊓𒀭𒋫𒆪 (sa-an-ta-ku) 𒊓𒀭𒋳𒆪 (sa-an-tak-ku) 𒊓𒀭𒁖𒆪 (sa-an-tak₂-ku) 𒆳𒋫𒆪 (sat-ta-ku)

Related terms

• tikip santakkim (“cuneiform sign”)

 

References

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