inanna

See also: Inanna

Akkadian

Adverb

inanna (Old Akkadian, Babylonian)

  1. now, just now, nowadays
    π’† π’ˆ  π’„Ώπ’ˆΎπ’€­π’ˆΎ ― ki-ma i-na-an-na /kΔ«ma inanna/ ― right now (literally, β€œlike (it was) now”)
    π’…–π’Œ… π’„Ώπ’ˆΎπ’€­π’ˆΎ ― iΕ‘-tu i-na-an-na /iΕ‘tu inanna/ ― henceforth
    𒀀𒁲 π’„Ώπ’ˆΎπ’€­π’ˆΎ ― a-di i-na-an-na /adi inanna/ ― until now

Alternative forms
  • inanni (sometimes after a preposition)
Cuneiform spellings
Phonetic
  • π’„Ώπ’ˆΎπ’€­π’ˆΎ (i-na-an-na)

Derived terms
  • inannama (β€œright now”)

References
  • β€œinanna”, 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 (1976), β€œinanna”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
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