Chinese and Sumerian, S. 116

SUMERIAN

KANA, KAN, KA, a gate. 3889.

3882 ;

KANA, KAN (2); part of a door or gate. A lock or latch, which ‘ seals’ or secures a door or gate. (Assyr. kanakku; cf kanaku, to seal ; kunukku,

a seal.) 3890. (GIS) GANNA, lock, bolt. 4046. GAN=KAN.

KAD, GAD, KID, GID, a kind of cloth or dress-fabric. A cloak or mantle. 2700.

KAL, KALA, he who is first; chief (sa vistén ; asaridu) ; \eader ; head ; hero; mighty; strong; able. Noble; valuable; costly or precious (of thzngs, 2. g. stones). Steep; high; difficult; rugged ; uneven (of mountains and roads). 6181; 6187 ff.

KA-NAG, land; country (C. Z. xii. 38: written mouth+drink; suggesting the elaborate irrigation of Babylonia). Also read KA-LAM (v2d. C. 7. xii. 27; where the tdeogram for country 7 read KA-NAM and KA-LAM. This zdeogram looks lke canals + great or many in Gudea's script: D. 420; D. 109 and 43). Vid. NAG, LAM, to drink; NAM, province, and NANGA, distric. (KA, KA-K? = GUG; wd. UG, land, country.)

KAM (C. TZ. xi. 2), bowl, beaker, goblet, tankard, jar, and the lke (dtgaru ; umméru). 8339; 8341. (Cf GAM, to bend; curve; GAN, enclose; GIN, turn; NI-GIN, turn round. Ze rootidea of KAM, bowl, would seem to be

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CEINESE

han, J. kan, gate of a walled village, or ofatown ward. 3792. Cf. alsohwan, 5049, and k‘'ang, 5926 (and WW.) ; yen, 13153:

kwan, kwa, kwaa, frontier-gate; a pass; to shut. 6368. P. 780a.

k‘ien, J. kin or ken, C. k'im, Am. kiam, a stamp; aseal; the latch of a door. 1700. (WW.: a kind of door-lock or latch; to use a seal; an official stamp. K‘ien-ki a wooden stamp; k’ien-so, a door-lock.)

kien, kam, han, J. kan, to close; to seal up. 1612.

i, ei, K. ii, J. i, ye, clothes; esp. upper or outer garments. from yit, git (P. 213). 5385. R. 145.

k‘wei, k‘wai, K. kwe, J. kwai, ke, first ; chief; eminent ; great. 6499. P. 684: kwat. AJdso: leader; head ; champion.

kwei, kwai, koui, J. ki, honourable; high or noble; valuable; costly; dear (of price). 6461. P. 866: kwat, kut.

k‘o, k‘oa, K.J. ka, A. k'a, able; can; k‘o Zin, acapableman. 6078. P. 145: ka-t = KAL.—ko, to be able; excellent. 6043. P. 145 kat. ko, C. 0, a sort of jade. 6082. k’o-kin, precious gold (WW.). ko, k‘oa, Ku, ka, rugged; uneven (of paths: WW.). 6079. P. 145. k‘o, difficult. 6085. P. 145 kat=kal,

kan, hom, 4m. k'am, J. ken, kan, a vessel; receptacle; to contain. 5882.

kan, hom, k‘’am, A. ham, an earthen vessel (five pints). 5853.—han, ham, wooden bowl. 3813.—han, hom, ham, a water-jar. 3822.