banûm

See also: bānûm

Akkadian

Root
b-n-y
2 terms

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *banay- (“to build”). Cognate with Arabic بَنَى (banā) and Biblical Hebrew בָּנָה (bɔnɔ́).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /baˈnuːm/

Verb

banûm (G, i, durative ibanni, perfect ibtani, preterite ibni, imperative bini)

1. to build, construct, form, make, manufacture
2. to create (said of deity)

Conjugation

Conjugation
Infinitive		banûm
Participle		bānûm
Adjective		banûm
Active		Durative	Perfect	Preterite	Imperative
1.sg		abanni	abtani	abni	lubni
2.sg	m	tabanni	tabtani	tabni	bini
	f	tabannî	tabtanî	tabnî	binî
3.sg		ibanni	ibtani	ibni	libni
1.pl		nibanni	nibtani	nibni	i nibni
2.pl		tabanniā	tabtaniā	tabniā	biniā
3.pl	m	ibannû	ibtanû	ibnû	libnû
	f	ibanniā	ibtaniā	ibniā	libniā
This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. For conjugation in other dialects, see Appendix:Akkadian dialectal conjugation.

Alternative forms

• banû (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒆕 (DU₃) 𒁶 (DIM₂)	𒁀𒉡𒌑 (ba-nu-u₂) 𒁀𒉡𒌋 (ba-nu-u)

Derived terms

• bānûm (“creator”)

References

• “banû A”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎^[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011