ekēku

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Variant: egēgu
Meanings:
to scratch
de:German: Deutsch kratzen
fr:French: Français se gratter
Distribution: OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE), SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE)
Grammar:
pos: v.Verbroot: ʾkkI/ʾ; I/e; II/gem (primae ʾaleph, mediae geminatae) – i/ii/i class (Present i, Preterite i)stem: GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem), GtnGtn-stem (G with tan-infix, iterative), DD-stem (Doubled stem/Intensive), DtDt-stem (D with t-infix)
Etymology: Inherited Cf. PS *ḥkk “to itch, scratch (oneself)”, see SED 1, 23ᵥ.
11. GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem)

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) [šumma simmu šiki]nšu kīma ḫimṭi emma ⸢zumuršu?*⸣ ⸢ik!*⸣-kik* rišûtu šumšu Sakikkû XXXIII 12 “[if the characterist]ic(s) [of a lesion] is (that it is) hot like burning (fever) and he scratches his b[od]y(?) – rišûtu is its name”. See also Sakikkû XXXIII 18. new

22. DD-stem (Doubled stem/Intensive)

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) DD-stem (Doubled stem/Intensive) [šīr]īšu ug-gag kīma ug-ga-⸢gu⸣ Sakikkû XV 75′ “he begins scratching his [bod]y (lit.: flesh), (and) when he scratche[s ...]”. As symptomatic sign, in diagnostic omens. Corresponds to 68′ in Heeßel 2000. Diff. Heeßel 2000, 159: 68′ (“nachdem er krat[zte”). new

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) DD-stem (Doubled stem/Intensive) [šumma sim]mu šikinšu kīma ummedī iraššīšumma uk-kak pan simmi mê nadi ašû šumšu Sakikkû XXXIII 2 “[if] the characteristic [of a lesi]on is (that,) like u .-skin condition, it itches him so that he constantly scratches (himself), the surface of the lesion exudes fluid – ašû is its name”. Passim in Sakikkû. new

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