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Akkadian
Etymology
Cognate with Biblical Hebrew כֵּן (so, thus; yes).
Pronunciation
Adverb
kēna (Old Assyrian)
- yes
- Synonym: (Old Babylonian) 𒀭𒈾 (anna)
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References
- “kēna”, 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) “kīna”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag