Chinese and Sumerian

SUMERIAN 7#at2); to shine (xamdru); bright; brightness (perd#). C. 7. xil 6.

Vid. S1-LAG ; SU-LUG.

ZA-GIN, bright, lustrous (of gems), pure. i774 Ff. Ch. ZA, bright, zz ZA-BAR, shining, ZA-LAG, id. ; ZA-G in AZAG, “bright, pure, white; SHAG, zd., C.T. xii.6; ZAG-, a value of the Fire: sign; ZA- L in UD- ZAL, shine, dawn.

ZAG-MU, ZAG-MUG (4R. 18,no.1. 22), ‘ Head (c. é. beginning) of year’, New Year’s Day, ‘the Festival of Babylon’.

ZAN, ZANA, maggot, grub, caterpillar ; worm. 11733.

ZANA-MUL,akindof caterpillar (manu; nablillu, ‘destroyer’ of vegetation). 11736f. MUL from MUN (6. Assyr. loan-word minu) = BUL, BULNAM, also defined mtinu (and akelu, ‘eater’) = BUN; cf. BIN zz ZI-BIN anfr.

ZIG, ZIB, SUB (#2 MUN-SUB, MUSUB), twilight, evening, dusk. See 2R. 48. 51a; S? 368. (MUN, MU= Ch. ming, men, Tees mio, dark; night.)

ZI, from ZI-N, life; soul; living creature ; to be, to exist. 2322. Dual. SHI (=SHIN), zd. 9279. Cognate.: DIN, TIN, to be alive; life; TIL (from TIN), TI, za.

(2) ZI, from ZI-N (=ZI-M=DIM, to obey, g.v., of. YAY ?), to hear; to listen to; toobey. 2317; 2334. SHI, from SHI-N, the ear(s). 2986. DIM, to obey. SHEG (or SHUG), to hear; obey. 7428; 7434. TUG (ez GISHTUG)=TUM (ez MUSH-TUM), to hear, hearken to. (See BPS. 71.)

(3) ZI, to give (4. to cause to take). 2305; Gf. 2330.

(4) ZI, ZI-G, angry, fierce, raging. 2318f.

(5) ZI, ZI-G, to rise; rise or stand up;

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CHINESE brilliant; a blaze; bright; shining. 7036. 7045. 7048. lok, lo, to burn. 6808. 7279 f (lok).

tsdk, tsiok, chio, pure white, 2222; hien, J. ken, gen, glitter of gems, 4539; kin, lustre of gems; brilliant; a gem, 2049; so-k (P. 634), su, so, white, 10348. Zongol ch‘ag-an, white.

shang-wuh, F. siong-wok, M. sang-wu, a designation of New Year's Day (Morrisou, Dict. Part ill. 240).

ts‘an, ts‘am, zeifi, J. san, A. tam, silkworms; any caterpillars which weave cocoons. 11574.

shan, ziefi, J. sen, zen, A. t‘ien, the earthworm. 9681.

ming, men, caterpillar which devours young grain (WW. p. 600) or mulberry leaves. 7958.

ping, pin, bing, a clothes’ moth. 9301.

tsik, sip, sik, zi, A. tik, evening, dusk. ATIO,

shéng, shang, sen, sae, sén, K. seng,

_ Jj. sei (f. ZI), A. saing, to be alive ; the living; life. Ad/so to beget; to bear ; to be born, 9865: of. Sum. SIG, to beget.

shén, shin, sing, zang, jing, sén, K. sin, J. djin, A. t‘én, the soul; the mind; spirits; gods, 9819.

ting, tin, K. ch‘dng, J. tei, to hear; listen, 11229; O..S. tim, P, 1037 b.

J. dji, ni, W. zz, A. filyi, the ear. O.S. ni-p, tsi-p, shep; see P. 238; 3336. (N=SH; she-p=she-m = she-n.)

shun, soung, K. sun, J. djun, A. t'wén, to obey; obedience, compliance. 10143.

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tsi, tsai, chi, J. sei, A. te, to give. P. 934, dzi-k, dzi-t.

tsi, tsai, chi, angry, 814; P. 934 (dzi-k).

tsi, tsai, chi, A. te, to ascend, to rise (of

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