kī
Akkadian
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *kV- (like, in the manner of). Cognate with Arabic كَـ (ka-) and Biblical Hebrew כְּ־ (kə-).
Pronunciation
- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /kiː/
Adverb
kī (from Old Assyrian/Old Babylonian on)
- (interrogative) how?
- 𒆠𒄿 𒀀𒈾 𒍣𒊑𒅀 𒆷 𒋫𒀠𒆷𒅗𒄠
- ki-i a-na ṣe₂-ri-ia la ta-al-la-ka-am
- /kī ana ṣērīya lā tallakam/
- how does it happen that you're not coming to me?
- 𒆠 𒈠𒍢 ― ki ma-ṣi /kī maṣi?/ ― how many/how much?
References
- “kî”, 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), “kī”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
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