banûm

See also: bānûm

Akkadian

Root
b-n-y
2 terms

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *banay- (“to build”). Cognate with Arabic بَنَى (banā) and Biblical Hebrew בָּנָה (bɔnɔ́).

Pronunciation

Verb

banûm (G, i, durative ibanni, perfect ibtani, preterite ibni, imperative bini)

  1. to build, construct, form, make, manufacture
  2. to create (said of deity)

Conjugation

Conjugation
Infinitive banûm
Participle bānûm
Adjective banûm
Active Durative Perfect Preterite Imperative
1.sg abanni abtani abni lubni
2.sg m tabanni tabtani tabni bini
f tabannî tabtanî tabnî binî
3.sg ibanni ibtani ibni libni
1.pl nibanni nibtani nibni i nibni
2.pl tabanniā tabtaniā tabniā biniā
3.pl m ibannû ibtanû ibnû libnû
f ibanniā ibtaniā ibniā libniā

This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. For conjugation in other dialects, see Appendix:Akkadian dialectal conjugation.

Alternative forms

Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic
  • 𒁀𒉡𒌑 (ba-nu-u₂)
  • 𒁀𒉡𒌋 (ba-nu-u)

Derived terms

References

  • “banû A”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
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