akalum

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Akkadian

Root
'-k-l
2 terms

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʔakal- (“food”). Cognate with Arabic أَكْل (ʔakl) and Biblical Hebrew אֹכֶל (ʔóḵɛl).

Pronunciation

Noun

akalum m (from Old Akkadian on)

  1. bread, loaf (of bread)
    𒀀𒅗𒆷𒄠 𒅇 𒈨𒂊 𒌑𒌌 𒂊𒇷𒅎𒈪
    [akalam u mê ul elemmi]
    a-ka-la-am u₃ me-e u₂-ul e-le-em-mi
    I cannot taste bread or water
  2. edibles, food

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