nakkaptum

== Akkadian == === Etymology === From Proto-Semitic *nakap-at- (“temple, cheek-bone”). Cognate with Arabic نَكَفَة (nakafa). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /nakˈkap.tum/ === Noun === nakkaptum f (dual nakkaptān, plural nakkapātum) (Babylonian) temple, brow ==== Alternative forms ==== nakkaptu (non-mimated) === References === “nakkaptu”, 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), “nakkaptu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, via the electronic Babylonian Library