Chinese and Sumerian

SUMERIAN

Pl. 3, No. 68). Ved. SI(N)G, green. (SIG = RIG? gv.)

NISH, twenty. 9956. (/mal-s = -n; cf. SHIS, bitter = Chznese sin.)

NI-TAG, NI-TA, ‘ that which is male’ ; male; a man. 5022f. TAG from TAG = TANG = TAM wm DAMTAMA, husband, By. 11126, = TAN zn MU-TAN, husband (BPS. 49; C.T. xv. 18). Thecharacter figures the male organ. D.27. NI-TAG, male of animals, ¢.g. asses.

NITA-DAM, NITA-LAM, spouse (masc.), husband. (Br. 5075; 4 R? 12. 35; Br. 10942.) Spouse (fem.), wife. (Br. 10943.) DAM alone zs both man or husband and wife (Br. 11113; 11109), as ts also DAM-DAM; a form like Ch. niang-niang, Lady. (LAM zs grod. dial. for DAM; of. NITA-DAM = NITA-LAM.) Vid. also DIN, TIN,

male; man.

NI-TEN, NI-TE, NI-TEA, NI-TEG, NI-TEM, fear; reverence; to fear; to revere, worship. 8464 ff. Ved. NI, to fear, spr.

(2) NI-TEN, NI-TE, self. 8466. Vad. NI, the body; self, supr. Cognate perhaps SU(N), skin, flesh, body. LO 1/0), ele /2-

(1) NU, a statue, image, likeness,—of king or god. (NU=NGU.) 1963. (2) NU, LU,a man; a male; aservant. 1964; 6397. Cf. LA zz LA-BAR, a

slave; a servant. 991 ff.

NUM, NUMMA, wolf (z#du). 1983.

NUN great (radi). Also read Z1L (from ZIN). Br. 2622 f.

NU-NUZ, offspring; perhaps from NUNNUZ=NUZ-NUZ. 8179.

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CHINESE

nien, nik, nieng, lien, twenty. 5693. (Zhe other sounds, Zu, ye, K. ip, A. fiyép, imply nip, nib = nim = nin.)

nan, J. dan, male; a man; a husband. 8139. liu, J. rid, from lo-k, lak, the male organ (P. 811), seems to be cognate with TAG (lr=t,d). 7042.

t‘é, ték, teik, dah, J. toku, a male animal ; a stallion. 10852.

nam, nan, lam, lan, ¥af. dan, man; male; husband. 8139.—Cf perhaps also lang, long, K. nang, zz ts‘ai-lang, A. tai-lang, a husband; sin-lang, A. tén-lang, a bridegroom, 6777; sin-niang, a bride, 4574; sin-zén, A. tén-fiyén, a bride or a bridegroom, zézd. (lang and niang ave both written with P. 300.)

lang, a man (Amoy use). 6777. See P. 624. From lam. ting, ten, tang, an adult male. 11253.

tam, t‘an, A. t'am, k‘én, SZ. dé*, timorous; tan-t'é, timid. 10702.

t'é, tik, dm. t'ék, te, J. toku, timorous. 10850.

ti, tik, A. jik, to stand in awe of; to be alarmed. 10983.

chi, ti, to regard with awe. 1887. O.S. ti-k (P. 174).

ti, A. t'e, the body, 11025; ch‘in, tsin, J. shin, A. t'én, of or belonging to self; e.g. ch'in wei, to do oneself. 2081.

shén, shin, sin, A. t'én, the body; the person; oneself. 9813.

ngou, ngeu, ndii, K. u, il: idol; statue. 8501.

nu, lu, nou, lou,a slave; aservant. 8387. (Zz ku wén man + woman.)

nu-p‘u, H. lu-p‘uk, K. no-pok, N. nu-boh, J.nu-boku, a slave, 8387 (wd. 9507) = Sz, LA-BAR (with -k for -t=1).

long, lang, loung, K. nang, wolf. 6764.

*7én, yém, nying, nidng, J. nin, great. 5610.

nu, lu, children.

gu, image;

8391,