[Lingtyp] semantic derivation of an Akkadian verb

[Les Bruce]

>From the specific meanings listed by Sergey a common thread connecting them
comes to mind: ‘to bring to a conclusion, to complete’.



Les Bruce



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>From my own limited and naive perspective (I see meaning ranges like this
in other languages, though not so broadly), 'imposition of order upon'
might be the primary or underlying meaning of the verb.



Jess Tauber



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On Thu, Nov 5, 2020 at 7:36 AM Sergey Loesov <sergeloesov at gmail.com> wrote:

Dear colleagues,



I am trying to understand the semantic derivation of a common Akkadian
verb, *sanāqu*. It means, in particular ‘to arrive, approach’ (the only
intransitive meaning), ‘to bother, pester, interrogate, put pressure’, ‘to
mobilize, levy’, ‘to weigh’, ‘to check, audit’, ‘to settle (a legal case)’,
‘to take (oath)’, ‘to keep, guard’, ‘to close, shut (doors)’. What could be
a “primary” meaning of such a verb, and the path of semantic derivation?
How does it look like from viewpoint of lexical typology?



Best wishes,



Sergey

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