patû (2) [BAD : ] (
: patā ' um ; astronomy : also [TAG4 :
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1) to open (door, gate, grave, house, room, package, container ...) , to unlock / undo a lock ;
2) (foundations) to expose , to reveal , to open up , to bring to view ;
3) (weapon) : to unsheathe ;
4) (barley) to dehusk , to remove the chaff (?) ;
5) (rope) to unroll , to unwrap ;
6) to broach , to start on (container of wine / grain ...) , to broach a subject (?) ;
7) to lay open (road, canal, mountain pass, watercourse, a well, a spring, a field for cultivation ...) , to reclaim -a field- ;
8) -body parts as object- : (mouth) : to speak ; (ear) : -to give- to understand , to hint ; (eyel) : to see , to give to understand, to reveal , to make to wisen up ;
pānī patû : to make someone cheerful / pleased, to please / satisfy someone ;
upnī patû : (to open fists) to pray ;
qātam patû : to be generous ;
ida / ī patû : to get ready for battle ;
ḫalla patû : (to open crotch) to ride (see pētḫallu) ;
purīdu patû : to runr ;
birkā / sūnu / ūru patû : to open knees / lap / groin , to make love , to have sexual intercourse , to get laid , to fuck ;
9) to reveal (words, a secret, one's sins) , to open one's heart / up ;
10) : (star) to move into distance ;
Gtn : [BAD.BAD :
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D : open , undo a lock / unlock , bring into cultivation / reclaim ,
: to inaugurate / to found (a city) , (with uznu) to inform , to instruct ;
pat : to inform , to reveal (parts of the body, words ...) ;
: to move someone away , to dismiss from a post (to sack / give the sack / to fire) ;
N (passive) :
(land) : be opened up / freed from hostilities ,
(rain) to start falling ;
See also : patû (1), petîš, pītu (1), pūtu (2), pētûtu, puttû, pattû (2), mupettûm, mupattītu, šaptum, naptû, naptētu, neptû, taptû, teptītum, pētân birki, pētḫallu