kakkum

Akkadian

Etymology

Unknown

Pronunciation

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

Noun

kakkum m (construct state kakki or kak, pronominal state kakka, plural kakkū) (from Old Akkadian on)

1. weapon
2. (extispicy) a distinctive and portentive mark on the liver

Alternative forms

• kakku (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒄑𒆪 (GIŠ.TUKUL) 𒆪 (TUKUL) (rare) 𒄑𒂷𒄑 (GIŠ.ŠITA₂) (rare)	𒅗𒀝𒄣 (ka-ak-kum) 𒆕𒆪 (kak-ku)

Related terms

• kakkī epēšum (“to fight”)

 

References

• “kakku”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎^[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
• Huehnergard, John (2011) A Grammar of Akkadian (Harvard Semitic Studies; 45), 3rd edition, Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns