kalûm

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Akkadian

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *kʷall- or *kull-. Cognate with Arabic كُلّ (kull) and Biblical Hebrew כֹּל (kól).

Pronunciation

Noun

kalûm m (construct state kala or kali or kal, pronominal state kalû or kalî or kalâ) (from Old Akkadian on)

  1. all, totality, entirety, whole
    𒅗𒆷 𒀭𒎌 ― ka-la DINGIR.MEŠ /kala ilī/ ― all the gods
    𒆬𒄀 𒅗𒇻𒋗 ― KUG.SIG₁₇ ka-lu-šu /ḫurāṣum kalûšu/ ― all the gold (literally, “the gold, all of it”)

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References

  • “kalu”, 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, page 92
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