watû

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Variant: watāʾu, atû
Meanings:
to find, discover
de:German: Deutsch finden, entdecken
fr:French: Français trouver, découvrir
Distribution: OAkkOAkk: Old Akkadian (ca. 2350–2100 BCE), OAOA: Old Assyrian (ca. 1900–1700 BCE), OB onward(s)OB onward(s): Old Babylonian onwards (ca. 2000 BCE onwards)
Grammar:
pos: v.Verbroot: wtʾI/w; II/ʾ (primae wāw, mediae ʾaleph; oder wtw?; schwaches ʾ, a-Vokal) – a/aa/a class (Present a, Preterite a), u/uu/u class (Present u, Preterite u) (later)stem: GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem), GtnGtn-stem (G with tan-infix, iterative), DD-stem (Doubled stem/Intensive), ŠtŠt-stem (Š with t-infix)
Etymology: Inherited
31. GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem)

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) ṣaburtu ūtaṣṣapa išartu ul ut-tu (∥ ut-ta; ú-ṣ[u]) Ludlul II 3 eBL “falsehood increased for me, I could not find prosperity”.

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) ana a-te-e ⸢GAR-šú⸣ Sakikkû XIX/XX 107′ “he will experience finding (lost things)”. Corresponds to 97′a in Heeßel 2000. new

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) (comm.) GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) ana a-te-e GAR-šú [... a-t]u-ú : a-ma-ri CunMon. 49/2, 270: 22f. Commentary SakikkûXIX/XX 107′ (97′a in Heeßel 2000). new

12. DD-stem (Doubled stem/Intensive)

OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts DD-stem (Doubled stem/Intensive) wu-ti-a napšassu UET 6/2, 395 r. 16 SEAL “find (pl.) his life!”

33. ŠtŠt-stem (Š with t-infix)

OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ŠtŠt-stem (Š with t-infix) [l]ibbum išdum tībum qurādūtu [š]u-ta-tu-ku-nu-ši-im pana ištū ulla MesCiv. 7, 6: 5 SEAL “[c]ourage, discipline, aggression, heroism have always [c]ome together before you”. new

MB-LitMB-Lit: Middle Babylonian literary texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ŠtŠt-stem (Š with t-infix) [nīr] imittika u nīr šumēlika šu-ta-ta-a ALL, 11: 13 SEAL “[the yoke] of your right side and the yoke of your left side confront each other”. new

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ŠtŠt-stem (Š with t-infix) šumma Sîn ina adari ina tāmartīšu dilbat uš-ta₅-tú-ma BPO 4, 170: 5 (EAE) “if the moon, when it appears in Month XII, (and) Venus meet each other”. In CAD A2, 520 the Št of atû is translated as “to be in opposition” (astronomically), evidence is not sufficient to prove it. new

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