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Akkadian
Etymology
Accusative of 𒋗 (šu). Compare Arabic ذَا (ḏā) and Biblical Hebrew זֶה (zɛ).
Pronunciation
Pronoun
ša (from Old Akkadian on)
- (determinative) who/whom, which
- (determinative) he/she who..., that which..., the one of
- of (+ genitive)
- 𒈗 𒊭 𒀀𒅆 [šarrum ša ālim] ― LUGAL ša a-lim ― the king of the city
- (relative) who, whom, which (followed by verb in the subjunctive)
- (before infinitives) fit to (be/do), due to (be/do)
- (before lā) without
Cuneiform spellings
Phonetic
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- 𒊭 (ša)
- 𒃻 (ša₂)
- 𒊭𒀀 (ša-a) (rare)
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References
- “ša”, 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) “ša”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From šta by omitting the sound "t".
Pronunciation
Contraction
ša (Cyrillic spelling ша)
- (slang, rare) Misspelling of š'a.
- 2015 May 25, "nikolar91" (username), Raspodela uvodnih + Bratislavov poster!, in Forma 11, Google Groups:
U prilogu vam šaljem Bratislavov plakat koji ćemo štampati, na dnu fali logo sponzora i forme, to sad sređujemo. Ša kažete aaa?[.]- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
2007 September 6, back2tejp, “samo zgoda :)”, in hr.rec.automobili (Usenet):
Tswana
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *-pɪ́a.
Verb
ša
- (intransitive) to burn