ša

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Akkadian

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Etymology

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Accusative of 𒋗 (šu). Compare Arabic ذَا (ḏā) and Biblical Hebrew זֶה ().

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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ša (from Old Akkadian on)

  1. (determinative) who/whom, which
  2. (determinative) he/she who..., that which..., the one of
  3. of (+ genitive)
    𒈗 𒊭 𒀀𒅆 [šarrum ša ālim]LUGAL ša a-limthe king of the city
  4. (relative) who, whom, which (followed by verb in the subjunctive)
  5. (before infinitives) fit to (be/do), due to (be/do)
  6. (before ) without

Alternative forms

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Cuneiform spellings
Phonetic
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References

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  • “ša”, 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) “ša”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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From šta by omitting the sound "t".

Pronunciation

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Contraction

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ša (Cyrillic spelling ша)

  1. (slang, rare) Misspelling of š'a.

Tswana

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Etymology

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From Proto-Bantu *-pɪ́a.

Verb

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ša

  1. (intransitive) to burn