kakkum

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Akkadian

Etymology

Unknown

Pronunciation

Noun

kakkum m (construct state kakki or kak, pronominal state kakka, plural kakkū) (from Old Akkadian on)

  1. weapon
  2. (extispicy) a distinctive and portentive mark on the liver

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References

  • “kakku”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
  • Huehnergard, John (2011) A Grammar of Akkadian (Harvard Semitic Studies; 45), 3rd edition, Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns