Grammar of Akkadian - Lesson One vocabulary

abum, abi, abbū

father (m); Arabic أَب; Hebrew אָב; Syriac ܐܰܒ݂ܳܐ

[“Father, I fell down and went a boom.”]

ālum, āl/āli, ālānū/ālānû

encampment; town, city (m); Arabic أَهْل; Hebrew אֹהֶל; Syriac ܐܗܠܐ

[“Where did you go to school?” “I am an alum of the university in the city named Providence, the Ivy League school named after a color.”]

amtum, amat, amātum

female slave; woman-servant (f). Arabic أَمَة; Heb. אָמָה; Syriac ܫܰܡܳܫܳܐ

[“What’s your name?” he asked the pregnant-looking servant girl. “I am Tum, short for Tummy. It’s a nickname since I’m always producing offspring.”]

bēlum, bēl/bēli, bēlū

lord, master, owner (m)

[In the ante-bellum period, he was a slave master.]

ḫurāṣum

gold (m). Heb. חָרוּץ

[“Why that woman look at me?” “Her assume you must have some gold.”]

iltum, ilat, ilātum

goddess (f)

[She is the goddess of the ill tummy.]

ilum, il/ili, ilū/ilānū (ilān)

god (m). Arabic إِلٰه (ʔilāh) and Biblical Hebrew אֵל (ʔel).

[“You say you are ill? Um, I’d recommend you see a doctor or just pray to a god.]

kaspum, kasap

silver (m). Biblical Hebrew כֶּסֶף (kɛ́sɛp̄, “silver”), Classical Syriac ܟܣܦܐ (kespā)

[Casper wears a belt with a silver clasp.]

mārtum, mārat/mārti, mārātum

daughter (f). Arabic مَرْأَة (marʔa)

[Christina of Tyre, the daughter of Urbanus, was a martyr.]

mārum, mār/māri, mārū

son (m).

[“Get out! This is my room,” said the son.]

qaqqadum, qaqqadātum

head, top; person; principal (amount) (m). Biblical Hebrew קָדְקֹד

[“How stupid is the head of the country?” “He is kakka dumb!”]

ṣābum, ṣāb/ṣābi, ṣābū

gang, army, troops (m). Hebrew צָבָא

[“What do they call it when the army plants an IED and it hits a wealthy family?” “The gang calls it a Saab boom.”]

šarratum, šarrātum

queen (f). Hebrew שָׂרַי

[Queen Sara was the wife of King Friday.]

šarrum, šar/šarri, šarrū/šarrānū

king (m). Hebrew שַׂר

[“I’m the king! Why do I have to share a room with the queen?”]

wardum, warad, wardū

male slave, man-servant (m). Hebrew יַרְדֵּן

[“I say, Ward. Um, will you come in here and bring me the TV remote from the coffee table? I can’t quite reach it. It’s a yard away. That’s a good man-servant.”]

u

and; moreover, likewise, also, too (conj). Arabic وَ (wa) and Biblical Hebrew וְ־