niākum

Akkadian
Root
n-y-k
1 term

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *nayak-. Cognate with Arabic نَاكَ‎ (nāka, “to fuck”). Ultimately from Proto-Afroasiatic;[1][2] compare Egyptian

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(nk).

Pronunciation

Verb

niākum (G, a-i, durative inīak, perfect ittīk, preterite inīk, imperative nīk)

  1. to have sex with, fornicate with
    𒆷𒀀 𒀀𒉌𒆪𒅆 𒄿𒊭𒊑 𒀀𒈾 𒁉𒍪𒊑𒊭 𒆷𒀀 𒄿𒊒𒁍
    la-a a-ni-ku-ši i-ša-ri a-na bi-ṣu₂-ri-ša la-a i-ru-bu
    /lā anīkūši išarī ana biṣṣūrīša lā īrubu/
    (I swear) that I had no intercourse with her, that my penis did not enter her vagina.

Conjugation
Conjugation
Infinitive niākum
Participle nāikum
Adjective nīkum
Active Durative Preterite Perfect Imperative
1.sg anīak anīk attīk lunīk
2.sg m tanīak tanīk tattīk nīk
f tanikkī tanīkī tattīkī nīkī
3.sg inīak inīk ittīk linīk
1.pl ninīak ninīk nittīk i ninīk
2.pl tanikkā tanīkā tattīkā nīkā
3.pl m inikkū inīkū ittīkū linīkū
f inikkā inīkā ittīkā linīkā
This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. For conjugation in other dialects, see Appendix:Akkadian dialectal conjugation.

Alternative forms
Cuneiform spellings
Phonetic
  • 𒉌𒀀𒆠𒅎 (ni-a-ki-im) (gen)
  • 𒈾𒀀𒆪 (na-a-ku)

References
  • “nâku”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), volume 11, N, part 1, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1980
  1. Orel, Vladimir E.; Stolbova, Olga V. (1995), “*nukʷ-”, in Hamito-Semitic Etymological Dictionary: Materials for a Reconstruction (Handbuch der Orientalistik; I.18), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  2. Bomhard, Allan R. (2014), “Proto-Afrasian *nakʷ-”, in Afrasian Comparative Phonology and Vocabulary, Charleston, South Carolina, →ISBN, page 148
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