Chinese and Sumerian

SUMERIAN

(4) SIG, 7 MUL-SIGA, darkness (¢“itum), 7023; MUL-SIG-SIG, eclipse of the moon (attald, AN-MI), 7018; 8917; 38571: o. MUL(MUN), shine; Z1G, ZIB, evening.

(5). wboant, they were born). 7o11. Cognates: vid. AB-SIM, AB-SIN, growths, sprouts, &c. DIM, danm, 9. v.

SIG, hairy hide ; hair, fur, wool; woollen

stuffs or cloth (Sarat unigi. . . pukattz, hair of ashe-kid. .. ewe-lamb; s2patu,

supatum). 10775 ff. A garment, robe (Zubustum ,; sesstktum ?); perhaps an overmantle or wrapper (szse&tumz || elapitum =NBOYb, over-tunic, 5 R. 28. 57 gh). Cf SU(SUG, SUM, SUN ?), also read RUG, skin, hide (masku), with SIG, hairy hide, fell. (Jz 10780 the char. S\G ts used Phonetically for SIG, old; zd. SIG, SI, old, spr.)

SIG, the (low) ground (smétwm), the valley, as opp. to the hills; below, at the bottom (saps). 11872f. Also read PIG. 11867.

(2) SIG, weak, feeble; dilapidated ; to be weak; to weaken (ensu, enéS2t, unnusu). 1869 ff. Wretten phon. with the Florn-character, 3384; 3413. Ideogram the sun inverted = gone down.

SIG, to be sad, grieved, afflicted, sorrowful (as@su) ; sorrow (asustu). 3726 f.

SI-GISH, SI-GISHSHE, a sacrificial victim (nigh) offering, sacrifice (gztrubu); prayer, worship Ger z6u). 9088 ff. Written young animal+erain. D, 163;

cf. D. 162.

SIG, to beget; to be born (dant ,;

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CHINESE

ts'ing, ch‘ing, ch‘éng, a dark colour. 2189. ts'ing, 2184, black (as well as green). (P. 420.)

siu, siau, O.S. sok (P. 380), night, darkness. 42096.

shéng, sen, J. sei, to bear ;

to beget ; be born. 9865. R. 100.

to

zung, zung, nyung, ziong, fine, soft hair or fur; down; camels’ hair stuffs ; felt, 5749; floss silk; fine silken hair or down; wool; woollen cloth, 5751. (5753 ‘read sung, fine fur.) P. 224 (nom =som=suin, sim, sig; vd. supr.).

sung, Ziong, fine hair; velvety cloth or plush. 10466 (5753). P. 224.

si, sstt (si), J. shi, A. ti, O..S. sik (R. 120), raw silk; fibres; threads. 10259. séng, K. sing, short hair. 9618. (sak), sok, re 123, modern sha, sa, so, &%¢., 25 gauze, thin silk; fibre, untwisted thread: yarn, 9622; a shaggy woollen outer robe of priests, 9629 ; and long fine hair, 9630. tsui, ch‘ui, tsai, chi, J. sei, se, sui, birds’ down ; the fine hair of the skin ; furry or downy clothes. 11940 (sok).

syn, sen, a thread. 4532.

si, sek, fine cloth; a shirt, 4155; si, tik, K. sdk, J. seki, shaku, A. tik, thin clothes; a wrapper. 4156.

si, hsi, shi, tsap, sip (=sik), low marshy ground. 4126.

ti, O. S. tik (P. 174), to bend down; to incline; low, 10899; the bottom; below, 10902. pi, pei, O. S. pik (P. 475), low, 8759; 8762.

yok, Zo, yok, ziah, hsiah, J. jaku (2 jaku), weak; to weaken. 5650. ( nok = tok = sok.) ti, O. S. tik (P.1

sickness. 10908.

(2 P. 655 174),

sik, sék, si, sorrowful. 4041. sik, sek, si, K. sdk, J. seki, shaku, A. tik, to pity. 4100.

si, tsi, su, J. shi, A. ti, sacrifice ; to sacrifice. 10286. - (Cf. Fap. sai-shi, sacrifice, offering or worship.)

hi, J. gi (7 gi-sei, a sacrifice), O..S. git (=GISH), sacrificial victims. 4049.