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Akkadian
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *ʔamšay- (“yesterday”). Cognate with Arabic أَمْسِ (ʔamsi).
Pronunciation
Adverb
amšālim (Babylonian, Mari)
- yesterday
- Antonym: 𒌨𒊏𒄠 (urram, “tomorrow”)
𒋳𒈠 𒈪𒈠 𒀝𒁍𒄣 𒄠𒊭𒇷 𒀉𒋾𒅀 𒄿𒆷𒄰 𒈪𒅎𒈠𒀭 𒌓𒈠𒄠 𒅀𒀀𒋾 𒅅𒆷𒀭𒉌- [šumma kīma aqbûkum amšali ittīya illakam mimman ūmam yâti iklanni]
- šum-ma ki-ma aq-bu-kum am-ša-li it-ti-ia i-la-kam mi-im-ma-an UD-ma-am ya-a-ti ik-la-an-ni
- If he had come with me yesterday as I had told you, in what way could he have hindered me today?
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See also
References
- “amšali”, 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) “amšāli(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag