awātum

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Akkadian

Etymology

From 𒀀𒉿𒌑𒌝 (awûm, to argue in court), attested in Old Assyrian only, from Proto-Semitic *hawata-/*ʔaw-, potentially further from Proto-Afroasiatic *ʔiw- (to call out, to cry, to clamor), cognate with Arabic هَوْتَ (hawta)/هَيْتَ (hayta, come here, I beckon you), Arabic هَوَتَة (hawata, a cry), Ugaritic 𐎅𐎆𐎚 (hwt /⁠huwatu⁠/, a word, a statement, a matter), and Egyptian jw (to complain, to speak against wrongdoing)/hwt (speak out, shout, lament, wail).

Pronunciation

Noun

awātum f (plural awâtum)

  1. (spoken) word, utterance
    𒊭 𒀀𒉿𒁴 𒀀𒈾𒆪 𒅇 𒀜𒋫
    ša a-wa-tim a-na-ku u₃ at-ta
    /ša awātim anāku u atta/
    you and I are men of (our) word
    1. news, report, message
    2. secret, rumor
      𒀀𒉿𒌓 𒋗𒍪𒌑𒌝a-wa-tam šu-ṣu₂-u₂-um /awātam šūṣûm/ ― to betray a secret
  2. wording, text, content, terms (of an agreement)
  3. command, order, decision
  4. matter, affair, thing, situation, legal case, legal transaction
    𒀀𒉿𒌓/𒀀𒉿𒀀𒁴 𒀀𒈠𒊒𒌝a-wa-tam/a-wa-a-tim a-ma-ru-um /awātam/awâtim amārum/ ― to investigate (literally, “to look into a matter”)
    𒀀𒈾 𒀀𒉿𒁴 𒀭𒉌𒁴 𒆷 𒋫𒈾𒍣𒅅
    a-na a-wa-tim an-ni-tim la ta-na-zi-iq
    /ana awātim annītim lā tanazziq/
    do not worry about this matter

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References

  • “amatu A”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), volume 1, A, part 2, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1968
  • Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “awātu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag