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akkadian | aya |

As an adjective akkadian

is of or pertaining to the akkadian language of ancient mesopotamia.

As a proper noun akkadian

is the now extinct semitic language of ancient mesopotamia, formerly used as an international language of diplomacy.

As a noun akkadian

is a semitic inhabitant of the region of mesopotamia near the city of akkad.

As an adverb aya is

there, over there.

akkadian

English

(wikipedia Akkadian)

Alternative forms

* Accadian

Adjective

(-)
  • Of or pertaining to the Akkadian language of ancient Mesopotamia.
  • Of or pertaining to the Akkadian Empire.

    • Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • The now extinct Semitic language of ancient Mesopotamia, formerly used as an international language of diplomacy.

    • Synonyms

    * Assyro-Babylonian

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A Semitic inhabitant of the region of Mesopotamia near the city of Akkad.

    • Related terms

    * Akkad

    See also

    * (akk) * (Akkadian language) *

    aya

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)

    • Adverb

    (-)
  • (archaic, dialect, New England) yes; yea; aye.
  • * 1938 , Thornton Wilder, Our Town: A Play in Three Acts , Coward-McCann and Samuel French (1965), ISBN 0743223136:
  • *:“The date is May 7, 1901, just before dawn. (COCK CROW offstage.) Aya, just about.”
  • * 2001 , David McCullough, John Adams , Simon & Schuster (2001), ISBN 0573613494:
  • *:“And for all her reading, her remarkable knowledge of English poetry and literature, she was never to lose certain countrified Yankee patterns of speech, saying 'Canady' for Canada, as an example, using 'set' for sit, or the old New England 'aya,' for yes.”
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