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Akkadian
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *nakap-at- (“temple, cheek-bone”). Cognate with Arabic نَكَفَة (nakafa).
Pronunciation
Noun
nakkaptum f (dual nakkaptān, plural nakkapātum) (Babylonian)
- temple, brow
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Phonetic
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- 𒅘𒆏𒌈 (nak-kap-tum)
- 𒅘𒆏𒌅 (nak-kap-tu)
- 𒅘𒆏𒌓 (nak-kap-tu₂)
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References
- “nakkaptu”, 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) “nakkaptu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
