šiknu
[Industry]
setting , nature , imposition , posture *
1) the act of putting / setting / applying (a ring on somebody ...) / imposing (issuing, giving) -an order, a commandment- , the installation /implosition of a building on site , launching -a boat- (putting her on water) , access ("application" of feet) , the (first) laying out / plan (of a plot, field ...) , the setting up (of a landscape, planting of trees or plants ...) / plantation , appointment to an office , operation / effectuation of designs / signs ;
2) form , appearance , aspect , a kind / a sort / a type , nature (buildings, living beings, trees, plants, clothes) , symptoms / nature (of an illness ...) ;
abnu / šammu šiknu -šu : the aspect / appearance of the plant is (scientific series) ;
3) šikanu (pluriel : šiknātu : deposit , sediment ;
šiknu nāri : river silt ;
4) a layer (of clouds, blood -?-) ;
5) : rāb šiknāni : (meaning unclear) ;
Cf. šakānu
See also : nabnītu, šiknat napišti