introduction/00_05_syllabification.ipynb

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    "(syllab)=\n",
    "````{margin} Grammar reference\n",
    "GoA 1.2\n",
    "````\n",
    "\n",
    "# L0.5: Syllabification\n",
    "In order to transliterate correctly from cuneiform it is important to determine the syllables that make up a Akkadian word. There are three rules:\n",
    "\n",
    "- A syllable can only have one vowel.\n",
    "- A syllable may not begin or end with two consonants.\n",
    "\n",
    "  | Akkadian word    | Syllabification      | Translation   |\n",
    "  | --------         | :--------:           | :----------:  |\n",
    "  | *balāṭum*        | *ba/la/ṭum* | to live       |\n",
    "  | *narkabtum*      | *nar/kab/tum* | chariot       |\n",
    "\n",
    "- A syllable may not begin with a vowel:\n",
    "  - Exception 1: At the beginning of a word 👉*elûm*.\n",
    "  - Exception 2: Two succesive vowels 👉*kīam*.\n",
    "    | Akkadian word    | Syllabification      | Translation   |\n",
    "    | --------         | :--------:           | :----------:  |\n",
    "    | *elûm*           | *e/lum*              | upper         |\n",
    "    | *kīam*, *kiʾam* or *kâm* | *ki/am*, *ki/ʾam*, *kam*  | so, thus      |\n",
    "    ```{note}\n",
    "    For *kīam* there is also the writing *kâm*. \n",
    "    ```\n",
    "  \n",
    "  "
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