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Akkadian
Adverb
inanna (Old Akkadian, Babylonian)
- now, just now, nowadays
- 𒆠𒈠 𒄿𒈾𒀭𒈾 [kīma inanna] ― ki-ma i-na-an-na ― right now (literally, “like (it was) now”)
- 𒅖𒌅 𒄿𒈾𒀭𒈾 [ištu inanna] ― iš-tu i-na-an-na ― henceforth (literally, “from now”)
- 𒀀𒁲 𒄿𒈾𒀭𒈾 [adi inanna] ― a-di i-na-an-na ― until now
- inanni (sometimes after a preposition)
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References
- “inanna”, 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) “inanna”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag