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kamādu

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Meanings:

to soften cloth (by beating it) (?)

Distribution: ,

Domain: Textile production

Grammar:

pos: root: –

Etymology: Inherited Cf. Arab. kamada, Syr. kmd. For possible cognates in Ebla and Ugarit, see Sanmartín 2019, 307f. Sanmartín 2019, 307f.

3GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem)

OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) n MA.NA šutûm [k]āmidū li-i[k]-mu-du-nim-ma BagM 23, 151 no. 186 r. 7 ARCHIBAB “n minas of woven textiles – the kāmidu -craftsmen shall beat”. ^new

OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) ka-ma-du-um Lackenbacher 1982, 130ff i 29', ii 17, ii 32, and pass. A step during textile fabrication taking two days, after cleaning (zukkû) and needle repairs(?) (eṣēru), and before carding (mašāru). ^new

NBNB: Neo Babylonian (ca. 1000–626 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) [i-ká]m-ma-du-šú-nu-ti SAA 17, 11 r. 2 SAAo “they will beat(?) them”. ṣubātī lik-mu-du-ú-ma ib. r. 6. ^new

Discussion

The meaning “to beat (in order to soften)” (AHw) rather than “to weave” (CAD) is supported by cognates (Arab. kamada “to soften (a fabric)”; Syr. kmd “to become flaccid”) and ITT 5, 9996 (already cit. CAD K 121 s.v. kamdu). The procedure in question may be a kind of felting (Lackenbacher 1982, 141f.; Wasserman 2013, 264).

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See also:

kamdu, kāmidu, kimdu

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