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Akkadian
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *banay- (“to build”). Cognate with Arabic بَنَى (banā) and Biblical Hebrew בָּנָה (bɔnɔ́).
Pronunciation
Verb
banûm (G, i, durative ibanni, perfect ibtani, preterite ibni, imperative bini)
- to build, construct, form, make, manufacture
- to create (said of deity)
Conjugation
| Conjugation
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| Infinitive
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banûm
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| Participle
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bānûm
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| Adjective
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banûm
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| Active
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Durative
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Perfect
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Preterite
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Imperative
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| 1.sg
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abanni
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abtani
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abni
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lubni
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| 2.sg
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m
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tabanni
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tabtani
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tabni
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bini
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| f
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tabannî
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tabtanî
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tabnî
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binî
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| 3.sg
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ibanni
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ibtani
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ibni
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libni
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| 1.pl
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nibanni
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nibtani
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nibni
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i nibni
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| 2.pl
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tabanniā
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tabtaniā
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tabniā
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biniā
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| 3.pl
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m
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ibannû
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ibtanû
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ibnû
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libnû
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| f
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ibanniā
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ibtaniā
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ibniā
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libniā
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| This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. For conjugation in other dialects, see Appendix:Akkadian dialectal conjugation.
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Derived terms
References
- “banû A”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011