Chinese and Sumerian, S. 111

SUMERIAN

I-BIRA, trader, merchant. (C/ ‘Abram the ‘Ibré’, Gen. xiv. 13.)

ID, bright, shining, pure, clear. vom GID (cf GUD, GAD, bright; values of the Sun-character).

ITU, ITI (=ID), the moon; month. (Cf. Suidas Lex. 1091 A: AiG... % ceAtvn mapa Xaddaios, ‘Aido’zs ITU. Flesychius gives ’Aiéns.)

I-GI(N), eye; EN, INI, eye Gf 4R. 46-47, 11a: ENA-NI, ‘with his eye’ or ‘glance’; EN zz EN-NUN, to watch ; a night-watch). 9259; 9261.

I-GI(N), the face; I-DE (I-DEN, IDIN), the face; the eye (dalect). 9281. Cf. GIM, GIN, DIM, DEN, like: thus.

I-DE KU, to the eyes; z.¢ at the moment ; now.

I-DIM or E-DIM, heaven; 1535; of E-DIN, heights (Br. 4527). I-DIM, high; steep. E-DIN, field, veld, open country; the desert plateau (W. of Babylonia). Cognate NIM, high; ENIM, heaven; NIM zz NIM-GIR, lightning (cf. GIR, lightning).

(2) I-DIM, mad; raging (of dogs). Cf. perhaps |-DIM, to yell, roar. 11273; cf. 1480; 1510.

(3) I-DIM, a deep hole; a well; a fountain. The ‘Springs’ of the Sea. (Cf Gen. vii. 11.) The well or hollow of

1536, Br.

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CHINESE

mai, me, K. me, J. bai, to buy (37d Tone) ; to sell (4¢z Tone). 7606; 7608. (P. 868; P. 973; ma-k, mi-k, mo-k! ?)

hi, C. hi, hsi, hot, bright. 4080. From kit (P. 818).

hi, daylight; bright. 4093. From ki (P. 1006).

hi, H. ki, bright; splendid. 4115. From git (P. 248).

*yiit, yet, ytieh, J. get-, gwat-, A. ngtiet, the moon; a month. 13768. R. 74. (‘The moon is the dright one’, says Edkins, R. 74; of. P. 733 hwei, kut, stellar brightness. Ved. 5192; kut= Sum. GUD, g. 2.)

yen, ngan, ngang, nga, yaa, K.an, J. gan, kon, A. fiyan, the eye. 13129.

kien, kyn, ken, kieng, cie, chiei, K. kyén, J. ken, AS kien, tosee. 1671.

k‘an, hon, k‘on, k‘ang, k’6, k’eifi, K. J. kan, to see; to look at; toexamine. 5852.

lien, lim, kiam, lieng, lie, liei, K. k6n, J. ken, A. kiem, the face. 7140. P. 911: tsien, ch‘ien, tiem, dim (zd. 1713, 1714); lim, sim; kim, gim.

tien, to see face to face. C. tin, Am. tian, Sh.ti (WW.). 11242.

ti, tik, di, to see face to face. 10936.

ti, K.che, J. tei, dai, A. de, to stare; to gaze; tolook at. 10954. (ti-t.)

i, ni, ngei, Am. gé, ngi, li, K. ye, J. gei, A.nge, to glance at. 5429; 5431. (ngi-t ; P. 470.)

Cf. the similar phrase yen hia, under the eyes=at the moment. 13129.

*tien, t'yn, ten, tieng, the sky ; heaven. 11208.

tien, tyn, ten, tieng, the top; summit. 11193.

tien, tyn, ten, tieng, high. 11195.

*t'ien, t'yn, t’en, tieng, diefi, fields. 11236. R. ro2z. P. 201: din.

tien, tyn, ten, tieng, mad; tien-kou, mad

dog. 11197.

ching, A. ting (=tim), tsing, K. chong, awell; a pit. 2151. *ch'tian, A. tiien, spring of water (=I-DIN). 3187.