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the primeval abyss (zagaé aps?), within -

which is the world of the dead. With DIM, cf. DUN, to dig.

(4) I-DIM, heavy; important (Aadtz) ; 1511. (DIM from DUM=DUG zz DU-GUD = DUG + GID, heavy.) (Cognate : E-LUM, A-LIM, &adcu ?)

IG (from GIG; GAG ?), a door; C. 7. xi. 24 (IG, daltum). Also read GAL (= Ch. go-t ?); dial, MAL or MAR (ef. wu and fu zn the Ch. dialects). (Pret. of a one-leaved door with pivot, on which zt turns in a stone socket.)

1520.

IGI-GAL, dial, IDE-MAL (Br. 4011),

knowing ; wise (4. ‘eye-open’).

IGI-LAL, to see; look at; inspect. (LAL from LAN? Cf A-LAN, A-LAM, image.) Vzd. LAL.

IL, ILI (from GIL), GA (from GAL; of. GAL, nasé, Br. 2245 f), GUR, to lift up (2. g. the head or hana); to raise; to rise; be or become high (lifted up). (GIL, IL, may be regarded as the R. of Semetic élt, aby, be high; go up; rise; raise.) 6136 ff—Also read DU

(=GU). I-LIM, nine. 4018. V7d. I, IA, five; LIM, four. (I+LIM=5+4=9.)

IL-LIL, from EN-LIL, Lord of the (inhabited) Earth; z.¢ che god Bel. Vid. EN, lord: LIL, earth (M. 4257).

IM, to dip; plunge in; dye. (Also RIM.) Br. 4816. Cf DIM, DE,

irrigation (steeping land in water).

IM, EN, the wind. (from GAM, GAN.) (Perhaps ‘The Moaning or Sighing

CHINESE

‘The Yellow Springs’ or ‘The Nine Springs ’ = Hades.

chung, tiing, Am. tiong, tsung, heavy; important. 2880. P. 558; dom= dum. Cf perhaps ch'im, ting, A. trém, to sink. 649.

*hu, hou, wu, fu, K. ho, J. ko, 0, a door. 4959. R. 63. O.S. go-t, nga-k; Phonetic 1n 8476=8470: 0, 6k, aik, a, ngé, nge, K.ek, J.aku, A.ak, distress. Vid. P. tor; and of. also Fap. kado, a door (kad=GAL). (Pict. of one leaf of a door. Ch. doors turn on pivots, like the Bab. doors.)

kai, K. ke, J. kai, to open, eg. a door. 5794. O.S.kat=ka-l. (With GAL, MAL, to open, cf. also, at least for the dial, forms, wat, wa, ya, K.al, wal, J. wat-, ye-, A. ét, hwat, scoop out; dig ahole. 12431.)

lan, lam, lang, la, J. ran, to look at; to inspect. 6735.

*kti, ki (from ku-t, ki-t), K. kd, ké, J. kio, ku, A. ki, to raise up; to lift (e.g. head, eye, cup, voice); to elevate. 3034. (P. 953: -t, wot -k.)

k‘yt, kieh, ket, K. k6l, kal, J. ket-, ge-, A. kiet, yet, to lift up, to raise. 1455.

ki, hei, hi, to rise up; to raise. 1070. P. 31: ki-t. (Ved. I, to raise, spr.)

i, ki-t, to raise. 5466. P. 31.

*ki, chi, to lift up. Chalmers, 63. (Two hands under ajar.)

yii, ti, i, chi, A.ju (Zu), to raise, lift up, carry. 13616.

li, a place of residence ; a neighbourhood ; a village. 6870. P. 3690: li-t (?).

im, ngiam, Zan, K. yom, J.zen, nen, A. fiyiem, to dye. 5562. Cf 13233: yin, yén, yén, A. nion, to sink in water; to soak; to stain; 12644: wén, ngén, én, dip, dye.

kam, gam, bam (0. S'); C. fung, F. hung (=kung), A moy hong (kong), K. p'ung,