bakkû
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Meanings:
tearful, crying
de:German: Deutsch weinerlich, weinend
fr:French: Français pleurnichard, en pleurs
Distribution: NANA: Neo Assyrian (ca. 1000–600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD)
Grammar:
pos: adj.Adjective, subst.Substantiveroot: bkjIII/j (tertiae infirmae)pattern: PaRRiS
Etymology: Derived ＜ bakû
11. Predicative
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) bak-ka-ni-i ṣar-piš ana nukaribbini nibki SAA 3, 16: 20 SAAo “we are crying bitterly. We have cried for our gardener”.
12. Substantival
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) ⸢bak*-ku?*⸣-a ibakkû ramānī ul īši Ludlul II 83 ebl corpus “my wa[il]ers began to cry, I was not in control of myself”. Substantival use. Similar to the restorations in Oshima 2014, 90f. ([ba-ku]-⸢ú⸣-a “my [(professional) wailer]s”), not adopted in Hätinen 2022a.