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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)
- (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
- news, report, message
- secret, rumor
- 𒀀𒉿𒌓 𒋗𒍪𒌑𒌝 ― a-wa-tam šu-ṣu₂-u₂-um /awātam šūṣûm/ ― to betray a secret
- wording, text, content, terms (of an agreement)
- command, order, decision
- matter, affair, thing, situation, legal case, legal transaction
- 𒀀𒉿𒌓/𒀀𒉿𒀀𒁴 𒀀𒈠𒊒𒌝 ― a-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
Cuneiform spellings
Logograms
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Phonetic
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- 𒀀𒉿𒌈 (a-wa-tum)
- 𒀀𒈠𒌈 (a-ma-tum)
- 𒀀𒈠𒀀𒌈 (a-ma-a-tum)
- 𒀀𒉿𒀀𒁴 (a-wa-a-tim) (acc/gen pl)
- 𒀀𒁍𒌅 (a-bu-tu)
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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