Chinese and Sumerian

AN ESSAY TOWARDS A COMPARATIVE LEXICON OF SUMERIAN AND CHINESE

: SUMERIAN A (from GA), ME, water; wet; high

water; flood (m#, milu, butugtum, vulbu, &c.), and the like. 11317 ff. (A kin to AB=GAB, tamtum, the sea? Cf. AB-LAL, phonetically written ALAL, ze. AB-LAL, 10316.) Vid. ME, water, &c., NAB ( = ngAB), river; sea. C. 7. xil. 4.

A (=GA), a son (mdaru). 11344; of. 11328.

A (=GA\), a father (ad). 11324. Ved. AB, zd.

A, | (andku). 11327. FromGA,MA, I; 9.2. (Or from AN, GAN =GIN, GAL?)

A, bed, couch (mazalu); rest, quiet, repose (zi#hu); to be calmed, pacified, quieted (pasdé4u; Pa. trans.); also E (dial... —Vid. NA, NU (=NGA, NGU ?), to lie down, to rest, a bed. 11343; 11349f.

A, to beget; sexual love; coition (and ; rakdbu, vikibtu; rikitu). 11330; 11352 ff. Cognate with AM, EM, AG, AKA, to love, or with GAD (=AD=A) m KIN-GAD (g.z.), or with the last preceding entry.

A, 1, ID, to howl, wail, lament (adéqz) ; of. A, tear (démtu). 11348; 11332. A, bright-white, glittering; pure (eg. silver) ; , (edu). 11335. (Akin to

GAD, GUD, bright, pure; g. v.)

AG (from GAG), to enjoin, command, order; a command, precept, law (ma@ aru, tru, tértum salémt). 4744 ff.

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CHINESE

hai, hae, ha, he, J. kai, the sea; a large river. G.3767. O.S. ka=ga (from ga-b ?).

mi, mei, nei, li, ni, J. bi, mi, dei, nei, K. ni, mi, an expanse of water ; overflowing, 7813. Am. bi. Old Fapanese moi, water; modern mezu.

wu, u, ou, K. o, J. wo, pond, pool. 12716. go (P. 21).

wa, a, puddle, swamp, marsh. 12428,

hai, e, J. gai, a child; the young of animals. 3759.

ya, ye, i, A. gia, a father.

12424;

12977.

ngo, wo, K. a, J. ga, I. 12680. (an, Am. gan, ‘1’. 48.)

ngo, wo, ngwo, K. wa, J. kwa, A. nga, ngwa, to lie down, to rest. 12691.

an, ang, eing, yiie, ngan, aa, yaa, still, quiet, rest, peace, at ease; to calm; to lay down. G. 44.

ai, ngai, ae, yae, nge, to quiet. 32.

ai, €, ae, yae, figai, to love. 15. ngai, given up to lust. 42.

aly

ai, , ae, yae, ngai, grieve for, wail, mourn. LOO ate ite

ai, ngai, Am. gai, Sh. ngé, whiteness ; glittering-white (ai-ai), 28. ngit: P. 706.

kai, ka, kiai, chieh, O..S. kak, to give orders, enjoin, charge; commandment, ruleofconduct. 1531;1532;1533. P.303.