kīma

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See also: kima and kimą

Akkadian

Etymology

Compare Arabic كَمَا (kamā, “like”) and Biblical Hebrew כְּמוֹ (kəmó, “like”).

Pronunciation

Preposition

kīma (from Old Akkadian on)

  1. like, as
    Synonym: kī (“like; as; how?”)
    𒆠𒈠 𒈠𒁲𒅖 [kīma mādiš] ― ki-ma ma-di-iš ― as much as possible
    𒆠𒈠 𒄿𒈾𒀭𒈾 [kīma inanna] ― ki-ma i-na-an-na ― right now (literally, “like (it was) now”)
  2. according to
    𒆠𒈠 𒂊𒈬𒊌 𒍣𒀉𒋾𒊭 [kīma emūq zīttīša] ― ki-ma e-mu-uq zi-it-ti-ša ― according to the value of her share
  3. instead of
    𒀀𒊮 𒆠𒈠 𒀀𒊮 𒄿𒈾𒁲𒅔 [eqlum kīma eqlim inaddin] ― A.ŠA₃ ki-ma A.ŠA₃ i-na-di-in ― he gives one field instead of the other
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Conjunction

kīma (from Old Akkadian on)

  1. when, as soon as
    𒆠𒈠 𒁾𒁉 𒀭𒉌𒄠 𒋫𒄠𒈠𒊒
    [kīma ṭuppī anniam tammaru]
    ki-ma DUB-pi₂ an-ni-am ta-am-ma-ru
    as soon as you read this tablet of mine
    𒆠𒈠 𒀀𒈾 𒌷 𒋫𒀜𒋫𒍝𒀭𒉌 𒎙𒌓𒎌 𒆷 𒄿𒅋𒇷𒆪
    [kīma ana ālim tattaṣanni ešrā ūmū la illiku]
    ki-ma a-na URU ta-at-ta-ṣa-an-ni 20 UD.MEŠ la i-il-li-ku
    not twenty days have passed since you left for the City
  2. because, in such a way that
  3. (with verbs of saying) that
    𒆠𒈠 𒈾𒁉𒅖𒋾 𒌦 𒀀𒊮 𒌑𒌌 𒋾𒁲
    [kīma napišti mātim eqlum-ma ul tīdê]
    ki-ma na-pi₂-iš-ti KALAM A.ŠA₃ u₂-ul ti-de
    Do you not know that land is the life of the country?
  4. (comparative) as, according to, in the manner of
    𒆠𒈠 𒋾𒁺𒌑 [kīma tīdû] ― ki-ma ti-du-u₂ ― as you know
    𒆠𒈠 𒊭𒀜𒊒 𒈬𒍑𒅆𒅋 [kīma šaṭru muššil] ― ki-ma ša-aṭ-ru mu-uš-ši-il ― copy as it is written

Alternative forms

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References

  • “kīma”, 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) “kīma”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
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