warki

Akkadian

Etymology

From a lost noun *warkum, biform of 𒉿𒅈𒅗𒌈 (warkatum, “rear, backside”).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ˈwar.ki/

Preposition

warki (from Old Assyrian/Old Babylonian on)

1. after

   𒉿𒅈𒆠𒋗 ― wa-ar-ki-šu /warkīšu/ ― after his death (literally, “after him”)

2. behind

Alternative forms

• arki
• warka (Old Babylonian)
• arku, arka (Standard Babylonian, Neo-Babylonian)
• urki (Assyrian)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒂕 (EGIR)	𒉿𒅈𒆠 (wa-ar-ki) 𒅈𒆠 (ar-ki) 𒄱𒆠 (ar₂-ki) 𒌨𒆠 (ur-ki)

Derived terms

• warkûm (“later, subsequent, future”)
• warkānum (later on)
• warkītum (“posterity, descendants”)

 

References

• “arki”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎^[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
• Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “(w)arki”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvar.ki/
• Rhymes: -arki
• Syllabification: war‧ki

Noun

warki f

1. inflection of warka:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural