kajjānu (fem. kajjāntu)
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Meanings:
constant, permanent, normal
de:German: Deutsch konstant, dauerhaft, normal
fr:French: Français constant, permanent, normal
Distribution: OA onward(s)OA onward(s): Old Assyrian onwards (ca. 1900 BCE onwards), OB onward(s)OB onward(s): Old Babylonian onwards (ca. 2000 BCE onwards)
Grammar:
pos: adj.Adjectiveroot: kwnII/w (mediae infirmae)pattern: PaRRāSPerformer of the verbal content, denoting professions and other habitual (mostly criminal) actions
Logogram: KI.UŠ, SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE)
GUB
(or GIN)
Etymology: Derived ＜ kânu
1 Lexical
Commentaries
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) (comm.) UŠ : emēdu ša qātu : UŠ : ka-a-nu CunMon. 49/2, 140: 11 “UŠ (means) to lean on, UŠ (means also) constant”. Commentary Sakikkû IV 4. new
1Further Attestations
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) [a!]-na ka-a-ia-an-tim udabbabū FM 7, 28: 37 ARCHIBAB “they shall talk constantly”. new
Discussion
In commentaries “literal meaning” (Cavigneaux 1982, 237; George 1991, 154f. and Frahm 2011, 38 no. 137 for additional refs.).