kanākum

Akkadian

Root
k-n-k
4 terms

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

kanākum (G, a-u, durative ikannak, perfect iktanak, preterite iknuk, imperative kunuk, verbal adjective kankum) (from Old Akkadian on)

1. to seal (to use a seal on s.th.)
2. to seal a document
3. to place s.th. under seal (for safekeeping, etc.)
4. (in hendiadys) to give/take/send s.th. under seal

Conjugation

Conjugation
Infinitive		kanākum
Participle		kānikum
Adjective		kankum
Active		Durative	Preterite	Perfect	Imperative
1.sg		akannak	aknuk	aktanak	luknuk
2.sg	m	takannak	taknuk	taktanak	kunuk
	f	takannakī	taknukī	taktankī	kunkī
3.sg		ikannak	iknuk	iktanak	liknuk
1.pl		nikannak	niknuk	niktanak	i niknuk
2.pl		takannakā	taknukā	taktankā	kunkā
3.pl	m	ikannakū	iknukū	iktankū	liknukū
	f	ikannakā	iknukā	iktankā	liknukā
This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. For conjugation in other dialects, see Appendix:Akkadian dialectal conjugation.

Alternative forms

• kanāku (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Phonetic
𒅗𒈾𒄣 (ka-na-kum) 𒅗𒈾𒆪 (ka-na-ku)

References

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