ni teŋ [FEAR] V/t (165x) Lagash II, Ur III, Old Babylonian, Middle Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, Uncertain, unknown wr. ni₂ teŋ₃; ni₂ teŋ₄; ni₂ ta; ni₂ teŋ₃-teŋ₃; ni₂ teŋ₄-teŋ₄; ni₂-ni₂ teŋ₃ "to fear, to become afraid"

(ni[fear//fear]N'N + teŋ[near//to approach]V/i'V/t)

[1]	𒉎𒋼	ni₂ teŋ₃
[2]	𒉎𒋾	ni₂ teŋ₄
[3]	𒉎𒋫	ni₂ ta
[4]	𒉎𒋼𒋼	ni₂ teŋ₃-teŋ₃
[5]	𒉎𒋾𒋾	ni₂ teŋ₄-teŋ₄
[6]	𒉎𒉎𒋼	ni₂-ni₂ teŋ₃
+	--ŋa₂=ŋ.a (17x/10%); --ŋe₂₆=ŋ.e (26x/16%).

	PC	ED IIIa	ED IIIb	Ebla	OAkk	Lag II	Ur III	OB	Post-OB	(unknown)
[1]						2		123	16	3
[2]							7	2
[3]								5
[4]								5
[5]								1
[6]									1

75 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Lagash II (2x/1%)

Ur III (7x/4%)

Old Babylonian (136x/82%)

Middle Babylonian (4x/2%)

Neo-Assyrian (10x/6%)

Neo-Babylonian (3x/2%)

Uncertain (1x/1%)

unknown (2x/1%)

Senses:

1. to fear, to become afraid (165x/100%)

Akk. palāhu; šahātu.

Bibliography

[2006] M. Jaques, Vocabulaire des sentiments 185-188; 294; 299; 301-302; 305; 320; 322; 324; 327; 343; 363.

[2000] F. Karahashi, Sumerian Compound Verbs 133-134.

Word ID: o0035515; Citation URL: http://oracc.org/epsd2/o0035515; version 2.7 (built 2022-12-21)