kag bad [TALK] V/t (29x) Old Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, Hellenistic wr. ka ba; ka bad; ka ba-ba; ka bad-DU; ka bar; ka ba^bi-^biba "to open the mouth; to talk"

(kag[mouth//mouth]N'N + bad[open//to open, undo]V/t'V/t)

[1]	𒅗𒁀	ka ba
[2]	𒅗𒁁	ka bad
[3]	𒅗𒁀𒁀	ka ba-ba
[4]	𒅗𒁁𒁺	ka bad-DU
[5]	𒅗𒁇	ka bar
[6]	𒅗𒁀𒁉𒁉𒁀	ka ba^bi-^biba
+	--ra₂=r.a (2x/7%); --re=r.e (1x/3%); --re₆=r.e (1x/3%).

	PC	ED IIIa	ED IIIb	Ebla	OAkk	Lag II	Ur III	OB	Post-OB	(unknown)
[1]								14	5
[2]								2	3
[3]								1	1
[4]								1
[5]								1
[6]									1

18 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Old Babylonian (19x/66%)

Neo-Assyrian (9x/31%)

Hellenistic (1x/3%)

Senses:

1. to open the mouth (29x/100%)

2. to talk

Akk. petû ša pī; pûm ša ana atwî.

Bibliography

[2005] P. Attinger, ZA 95 215.

[2000] F. Karahashi, Sumerian Compound Verbs 128.

[1981] M. Cohen, Ershemmas 91-92, 173.

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