sikkatum
Akkadian
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𒄑𒆕 (sikkatum)
Etymology
Unknown.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsik.ka.tum/
Noun
sikkatum f (plural sikkātum) (from Old Akkadian on)
- peg, nail
- (mathematics) cone, pyramid
- foundation cone, wall cone
- (Neo-Babylonian) blade (of a plough)
Alternative forms
- sikkatu (non-mimated)
- siggatu
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Descendants
- → Aramaic: סִכָּא (sikkā), סִכְּתָא (sikkəṯā)
- → Arabic: سَكّ (sakk), سَكِّيّ (sakkiyy), سِكَّة (sikka)
- → Mishnaic Hebrew: סִכָּה (sikkɔ́)
- → Israeli Hebrew: סִכָּה (siká)
References
- “sikkatu A”, 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), “sikkatu(m) I”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag