šakānum

šakānum

Akkadian

Root
š-k-n

Etymology

Compare perhaps הֵכִין‎ (hēḵîn, “to establish, set up”), hif'il of כ־ו־ן‎ (k-w-n), and 𐎌𐎋𐎐 (škn, “to establish”), Š-stem of 𐎋𐎐 (kn, “to be”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃaˈkaː.num/

Verb

šakānum (class a-u) (from Old Akkadian on)

1. to place, put, set
2. to establish, install, appoint, assign, impose

Alternative forms

• šakānu (non-mimated)
• sakānu (Mari, El-Amarna)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒃻 (GAR)	𒊭𒅗𒀀𒉡𒌝 (ša-ka-a-nu-um) 𒃻𒅗𒉡 (ša₂-ka-nu)

References

• “šakānu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), volume 17, Š, part 1, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1989
• Huehnergard, John (2011) A Grammar of Akkadian (Harvard Semitic Studies; 45), 3rd edition edition, Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns