kīam

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /kiːam/

kīam (from Old Assyrian/Old Babylonian on)

1. thus, in this manner

   𒅆𒄿 𒇻 𒆠𒀀𒄠 [šī lū kīam] ― ši-i lu ki-a-am ― So be it!

2. how?

• kīa (non-mimated)
• kêm (Mari)
• kâm, kâ (Elam, Boghazkeui, Middle Babylonian, Neo-Babylonian)

• “kīam”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎^[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
• Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “kīam”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, via the electronic Babylonian Library