Chinese and Sumerian, page 120

SUMERIAN

—ofthe palace; Assyr. mu‘trru). 901. Prob. akin to U-GUN, GUN, lord. (GAL, great; ¢.z.)

(3) KIN zz KIN-MIS, old man; sheikh. 904 f. Lzt, ‘Assembly- (or Council)man’ (MIS, zd/u). [So written perhaps phonetically, KIN-MIS fossebly reerred in the first instance to age (abu ; pursimu, greybeard ?).]

KIN-GAD, to love. Vid. AG, AKA, to leve. 4745.

KIN-GU-SIL (A, 1, LA), five-sixths,—of one or of sixty (the Soss). (‘Kingu’, the Ocean = Sixty, the ruling numéer ; SIL, to cut in two, cut off. Cf the symbol, D. 484, which resembles =. Such a designation is perhaps not much more fanciful than the Gk, ptptot 10,000, which used to be connected with pipe, to flow, g.s. ‘floods’ of a thing.) (Cf G. 5573: yong, grain-stalks; abundant; ten billions.) 11228; 10037.

KIN-DA (dissimilated from KIDDA), KI-DA, KID, to cut a mark on the face or forehead of slaves and criminals. 2707.

KIR-RUD, hole; cave. Also read KIRRUMA=KIR-RUM. A Syn. of BURU, BUR, hole; cave (= GUR, KUR, KIR-). (RUD may be akin to RAD, RID, SHID, SHITA, tank, trough; gutter, watercourse; conduit; LUD, vessel; g.v.; of. CA. liu, J. rit, ru, to flow, G. 7248; O. S. lu-t, ru-t; avd liu, lu-t, a current; a stream; G. 7259.) 9848-9850.

KI-SAL (from KI-SAN), a level floor, platform, or terrace,—for altar or temple, the altar itself(?). 5481. (Prem. figure D. 415; confused later with D. 324 GISH-ZAL, wretten ZAL-GISH, and read also BUR, oil, fat (?)—ved. PESH, to be fat—and LEL; ¢.v-)

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CHINESE

P. 386: kon: Phonetic 2x k‘ien, to send. Of same origin as next entry.

kitin, kwén, kiun, kung, chiin, K. J. kun, sovereign; prince; ruler; gentleman ; officer. 3269. P. 329 kon.

kung, kéng, K. kong, public; a duke; a gentleman. 6568.

yung, wéng, ung, old man; é2¢le of respect. 12667. P. 690: gong, gon. Cf. also entries under (2). [nien-mai, N. ngiefime, advanced in years, aged, 7620, zs a conceivable parallel to KIN-MIS.]

kiien, kiin, kwan, chiian, to love. 3145. ku, ko, to look at, regard, care for. 6254. O.S. ko-t? kiien-ku, to regard with affection. (kon-kot = KIN-GAD.) Pp. 2197 R. 63); ner.

tsyt, ts‘et, chieh, K. chol, to cut; cut off. 1513. Adso 1552.

két, 4m. k‘iat, kiah, J. kat-, ke (t)-, to brand (or tattoo) the face as a punishment ; to flay the skin from the face. 1465; WW. p.357. (Written with Rad. knife.)

yiit, het, K.hidl, J. ket-, a cave; a pit; a hole. 4840.

k‘u, wét, fét, kwét, K. kul, J. kot-; acave; ahole. 6276. Cf. 3231.

lung, zd, 7506; k‘u-lung, a hole=KIRRUM lut, kiit, chii,empty. (WVrztten cave + bore; R. 116+G. 13679.)

san, shan, K.sén, J. sen, smooth level ground, as prepared for the erection of altars. 9700. A level place at the base of an altar; a smooth hard spot levelled off for sacrifices. A small terrace. WW. p. 753. Cf. tan, tan, an

open altar for sacrifice; a high terrace