kišpum
Akkadian
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Etymology
From the verb kašāpum (“to cast spells, bewitch”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkiʃ.pum/
Noun
kišpum m (plural kišpū) (from Old Babylonian on)
- (usually in the plural) sorcery, evil spell, witchcraft
Alternative forms
- kišpu (non-mimated)
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References
- “kišpū”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
- Black, Jeremy; George, Andrew; Postgate, Nicholas (1976), “kišpu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag