kalbum
Akkadian
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| k-l-b |
| 1 term |
Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Semitic *kalb- (“dog”). Cognate with Arabic كَلْب (kalb) and Biblical Hebrew כֶּלֶב (kɛ́lɛḇ).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /ˈkal.bum/
Noun
[edit]kalbum m (construct state kalab, plural kalbū, feminine kalbatum)
- dog also as an invective
- 𒈪𒉡𒌝 𒋢𒉡𒈠 𒅗𒀠𒁍 [mīnum šunūma kalbū] ― mi-nu-um šu-nu-ma ka-al-bu ― What are they? (Nothing but) dogs!
- dog figurine
- (astronomy, with determinative 𒀯) Hercules (the constellation)
Alternative forms
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References
[edit]- “kalbu”, 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) “kalbu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag