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Akkadian
Etymology
From the verb 𒄩𒈠𒌅𒌝 (ḫamāṭum, “to be quick”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
ḫamṭu (Standard Babylonian)
- (Middle Babylonian, Neo-Babylonian) quick, swift, sudden
- (Standard Babylonian, grammar) ḫamṭu ("quick (pronunciation)", used in the description of Sumerian verbs to refer to the perfective form)
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- 𒄩𒄠𒌅 (ḫa-am-ṭu₂)
- 𒄩𒀭𒂅 (ḫa-an-ṭu)
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References
- “ḫamṭu”, 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 (2000) “ḫamṭu”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag