kīma

Compare Arabic كَمَا‎ (kamā, “like”) and Biblical Hebrew כְּמוֹ‎ (kəmó, “like”).

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ˈkiː.ma/

kīma (from Old Akkadian on)

1. like, as

   Synonym: kī (“like; as; how?”)

   𒆠𒈠 𒈠𒁲𒅖 ― ki-ma ma-di-iš /kīma mādiš/ ― as much as possible

   𒆠𒈠 𒄿𒈾𒀭𒈾 ― ki-ma i-na-an-na /kīma inanna/ ― right now (literally, “like (it was) now”)

2. according to

   𒆠𒈠 𒂊𒈬𒊌 𒍣𒀉𒋾𒊭 ― ki-ma e-mu-uq zi-it-ti-ša /kīma emūq zīttīša/ ― according to the value of her share

3. instead of

   𒀀𒊮 𒆠𒈠 𒀀𒊮 𒄿𒈾𒁲𒅔 ― A.ŠA₃ ki-ma A.ŠA₃ i-na-di-in /eqlum kīma eqlim inaddin/ ― he gives one field instead of the other

kīma (from Old Akkadian on)

1. when, as soon as

   𒆠𒈠 𒁾𒁉 𒀭𒉌𒄠 𒋫𒄠𒈠𒊒

   ki-ma DUB-pi₂ an-ni-am ta-am-ma-ru

   /kīma ṭuppī anniam tammaru/

   as soon as you read this tablet of mine

   𒆠𒈠 𒀀𒈾 𒌷 𒋫𒀜𒋫𒍝𒀭𒉌 𒎙𒌓𒎌 𒆷 𒄿𒅋𒇷𒆪

   ki-ma a-na URU ta-at-ta-ṣa-an-ni 20 UD.MEŠ la i-il-li-ku

   /kīma ana ālim tattaṣanni ešrā ūmū la illiku/

   not twenty days have passed since you left for the City

2. because, in such a way that
3. (with verbs of saying) that

   𒆠𒈠 𒈾𒁉𒅖𒋾 𒌦 𒀀𒊮 𒌑𒌌 𒋾𒁲

   ki-ma na-pi₂-iš-ti KALAM A.ŠA₃ u₂-ul ti-de

   /kīma napišti mātim eqlum-ma ul tīdê/

   Do you not know that land is the life of the country?

4. (comparative) as, according to, in the manner of

   𒆠𒈠 𒋾𒁺𒌑 ― ki-ma ti-du-u₂ /kīma tīdû/ ― as you know

   𒆠𒈠 𒊭𒀜𒊒 𒈬𒍑𒅆𒅋 ― ki-ma ša-aṭ-ru mu-uš-ši-il /kīma šaṭru muššil/ ― copy as it is written

• kīmē (Boghazkeui, El-Amarna, Ras Sharma, Nuzi)

• “kīma”, 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), “kīma”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag