kana [DARK] V/i (16x) Ur III, Old Babylonian, Middle Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian wr. kana₆; kam; kana₃; kana₅; ^ga-^nakana₅; kanaₓ(KA×IM); ^ga-^nakanaₓ(KA×IM) "(to be) dark, gloomy"

[1]	𒅤	kana₆
[2]	𒄰	kam
[3]	𒊝	kana₃
[4]	𒅸	kana₅
[5]	𒂵𒈾𒅸	^ga-^nakana₅
[6]	𒅮𒅮	kanaₓ(KA×IM)
[7]	𒂵𒈾𒅮𒅮	^ga-^nakanaₓ(KA×IM)

	Ur III	OB	Post-OB
[1]	1	7	1
[2]			2
[3]			2
[4]		2
[5]			1
[6]
[7]

5 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Ur III (1x/6%)

Old Babylonian (9x/56%)

Middle Babylonian (1x/6%)

Neo-Assyrian (4x/25%)

Neo-Babylonian (1x/6%)

Senses:

1. (to be) dark, gloomy (16x/100%)

Akk. adāru.

Bibliography

[2006] M. Jaques, Vocabulaire des sentiments 160.

kam

= adirtum (Ea 05 98).

kana₅

= nahdurum (Karpeles 01 r iii 20').

kana₆

(OB Nippur Ea 334; Ea 03 102; Karpeles 01 r iii 21').

Lexical Associations

adirtu[gloominess]N (// kana[dark])

kam = ⸢a-di^?⸣-[ir^?]-⸢tum⸣ (Ea 05 98; CUSAS 12, 1.1.1 r 14).

kana₃ = a-⸢dir⸣-tum (MSL 03, 094 ST r ii 6).

adāru[(be)come dark]V (// kana[dark])

^ga-^nakana₅^!(KA×DUGUD) = i-te-⸢du^?⸣-[ru^?] (Oriento 23/2, 1-19 r iv 20).

adāru[be(come) dark]V (// kana[dark])

kana₃ = a-⸢da⸣-ru (MSL 03, 094 ST r ii 5).

kana₅ = na-aḫ-du-ru-um (Karpeles 01 r iii 20').

kana₆ = a-da-ru (Ea 03 102).

kana₆ = na-aḫ-du-ru-um (Karpeles 01 r iii 21').

References for all phrases

kana[dark]

kana₆ (MSL 14, 023 Fq o iv 12'; OB Nippur Ea 334; MSL 14, 025 Hd r ii' 2'; PBS 12, 55 r ii 4; MSL 14, 018 Bb r ii 34).