niākum

niākum

Akkadian

Root
n-y-k
1 term

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *nayak-. Cognate with Arabic نَاكَ‎ (nāka, “to fuck”). Ultimately from Proto-Afroasiatic;[1][2] compare Egyptian nk.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

niākum (G, i, durative inīak, perfect ittīk, preterite inīk, imperative nīk)

1. to have sex with, fornicate with

   𒆷𒀀 𒀀𒉌𒆪𒅆 𒄿𒊭𒊑 𒀀𒈾 𒁉𒍪𒊑𒊭 𒆷𒀀 𒄿𒊒𒁍

   la-a a-ni-ku-ši i-ša-ri a-na bi-ṣu₂-ri-ša la-a i-ru-bu

   /lā anīkūši išarī ana biṣṣūrīša lā īrubu/

   (I swear) that I had no intercourse with her, that my penis did not enter her vagina.

Inflection

Conjugation
Infinitive		niākum
Participle		nāikum
Adjective		nīkum
Active		Durative	Preterite	Perfect	Imperative
1.sg		anīak	anīk	attīk	lunīk
2.sg	m	tanīak	tanīk	tattīk	nīk
	f	tanikkī	tanīkī	tattīkī	nīkī
3.sg		inīak	inīk	ittīk	linīk
1.pl		ninīak	ninīk	nittīk	i ninīk
2.pl		tanikkā	tanīkā	tattīkā	nīkā
3.pl	m	inikkū	inīkū	ittīkū	linīkū
	f	inikkā	inīkā	ittīkā	linīkā
This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. For conjugation in other dialects, see Appendix:Akkadian dialectal conjugation.

Alternative forms

• niāku (non-mimated)
• nâku

Cuneiform spellings

Phonetic
𒉌𒀀𒆠𒅎 (ni-a-ki-im) (gen) 𒈾𒀀𒆪 (na-a-ku)

References

• “nâku”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), volume 11, N, part 1, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1980

1. Orel, Vladimir E.; Stolbova, Olga V. (1995), “*nukʷ-”, in Hamito-Semitic Etymological Dictionary: Materials for a Reconstruction (Handbuch der Orientalistik; I.18), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
2. Bomhard, Allan R. (2014), “Proto-Afrasian *nakʷ-”, in Afrasian Comparative Phonology and Vocabulary, Charleston, South Carolina, →ISBN, page 148