takālum

== Akkadian == === Etymology === A diachronically secondary verb going back to Proto-Semitic *wakāl- (“to trust, entrust, rely”). Compare Arabic وَكَلَ (wakala, “to entrust, assign, charge”) and Biblical Hebrew יָכֹל (yɔḵól, “to be able, have power”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /taˈkaː.lum/ === Verb === takālum (G, a, durative itakkal, perfect ittakal, preterite itkal, imperative takal) (from Old Akkadian on) to trust, rely, put one's faith on ==== Alternative forms ==== takālu (non-mimated) ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “takālu”, 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), “takālu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, via the electronic Babylonian Library