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Akkadian
Etymology
Cognate with Biblical Hebrew כֵּן (ken, “right, honest, truthful”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
kīnum (feminine kīttum, masculine plural kīnūtum, feminine plural kīnātum, predicative kīn) (from Old Akkadian on)
- verbal adjective of kânum:
- permanent, firm
- true, reliable, just
- honest, decent, loyal
- correct, regular, normal, legitimate
Cuneiform spellings
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Phonetic
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- 𒄀 (GI)
- 𒄀𒈾 (GI.NA)
- 𒍣𒁕 (ZI.DA)
- 𒁺 (GIN) (especially in personal names)
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- 𒆠𒉡𒌝 (ki-nu-um)
- 𒆠𒂊𒉡𒌝 (ke-e-nu-um)
- 𒆠𒉏 (ki-num)
- 𒆠𒂊𒉏 (ke-e-num)
- 𒆠𒄿𒉡 (ki-i-nu)
- 𒆠𒂊𒉡 (ke-e-nu)
- 𒆠𒉡 (ki-nu)
- 𒆠𒉡𒌑𒌈 (ki-nu-u₂-tum) (masculine plural)
- 𒆠𒀉𒌈 (ki-it-tum) (feminine)
- 𒆠𒅔𒌈 (ki-in-tum) (feminine)
- 𒆠𒈾𒀀𒋾 (ki-na-a-ti) (feminine plural)
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References
- “kīnu”, 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) “kīnu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag