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SUMERIAN

BUR, a‘ potter's vessel’ ; pot, dish, bowl, jar, &c. (6¢ru). (Fig. D. 103. a vessel ?) Written with or without Det. DUG, pot; g.v. Br.6974; 6977. (dx GISHBI-BUR, dish, bowl, pastiru, S°. 64, apparently of a wooden vessel.)

BURA-NUNU,. ‘The Great Water’, z.¢. the Euphrates (An. Purattu,; Old Pers. Ufrdtu), Br. 11663; of. 11444. Vid. BIR, spring up, of water; BU zz BU-NIN; GUR, to run; NUN, great.

BUR, BURU, a hole, hollow, or cavity of any kind, ¢.g.a pit,a well or spring ; lattice-work, as full of holes or perforated ; a grub or worm, as a ‘borer’; a sinking, falling, caving in, or depression of ground, a ‘bottom’ (¢.g. ‘ SixMile Bottom’; ‘Horley Bottoms’); the ground or earth, as under us; the depth or the bottom of water; the sky, as hollow; the ear, as a hole or cavity; a military breach, hole, or mine (dru; dbéiru sa eq; birtum ; hibtum,; hurrum; pithu, Suttu, kalakku ,; hurhkummatum ; nihlu; gtadatum, kinnatum, kippatum ,; trgitum ; Supalum, Ssuplum,; Sami; usnu ; prlsu). To dig a hole ; to dig into, up, or out; to excavate; bore through, pierce, stab; to ‘give’ or give way, sink, fall in or down (of buildings) ; met. to yield; to be sunken, low, or deep; to dig deep or down to the water (in sinking a foundation); G7.,

&c. (fapiru, haradru, nagdbu ; nuhhulu; nuhhusu, paléisu; patéhu;

sapalum, Suppulu). Br. 8632 ff. Surpassing; great (sé@tugu). 8767. To bend, bow, lower, stoop (cf. g¢ddatum ; kinnatum ; kippatum, supr.). Cognate with BAD, split; open; BAL, break up; dig; under side; BAR, halve, split, goaway; BIR, rend, Gc. Arch. jig. ©) (D. 474); 2.2 @ round hole. BUR=GUR (wd. KIR-RUD, GUR-

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‘CHINESE

*fou, peu, voi, K. pu, earthenware vessels; pottery. 3604. O..S. put (R.. 121). Asa Phonetic also duk (P. 258). (The prim. fig. opened and provided with a cover P) -

hui, fui, k‘wei, hwei, wai, an overflowing or rushing stream (WW.) ; to rush, as a stream. 5206. O.S. kut, put. P. 866. ku, fét, k‘ut, deep water. 6278. pu, put, an arm of the sea. 9426.

fou, fu, K. pu, J. bu, O..S. but (P. 389), a river in Si-ch‘uen (‘the Bubbling’ or ‘Foaming ’), 3611; cf 3490 of a stream in Shantung; 8928 (pit); 89098; 9113 (bu-t, water flowing).

wét, fét, kwét, k'u, K. kul, J. kot, a cave ; a hole in the ground, or in a wall. 6276. wét, wat, we, wa, K. wal, A. ét, hwat, scoop out; excavate; dig (ahole or a well); a deep hollow. 12430f. wa, wai, wo, O..S. wut, kut (P. 172), acavity; ahollow. 12437 (low ground, WW.). Cf. also 4840.

pi, pét, pit, pih, a wicker fence of bamboo (WW., p. 692). 9000. pi-hu, a wicker gate. (P. 791 pit=network, 8994. Same / =basket-work, 3481: P. 451 put.)

wét, kth, ktié, A. k'wét, a tree-grub. 3079. Cf. fei, pui, hui, grub, 3486.

fou, p‘eu, bai, K. pu, J. bu, rabbit-net; a

(net-like) screen. 3598. O.S. put, but (P. 71; 308). fét, kut, deep water; a deep pool. 6278.

pu, vead pei, put, the sky clearing up.

9519.

kwét, k‘iut, kiieh, K. kul, J. kot-, gu-, to dig, scoop, excavate, hollow out (a well, a pit, a ditch, a grave). 3231. Also used for kiieh, eminent, avd ku, a hole (WW.). hit, kiit, ktieh, K. kwil, J. ket-, A. k‘tiet, to dig down (to water). 3252 fin. Cf. 3250; 3246 (kwét) ; 3221 (k‘tit); 3230 (kwét, a lofty peak = Sv. GUR, KUR, mountain ; wef. eminent).

pei, pi, O..S. pit (P. 138), great. 8818.

wét, k‘iut, kiih, K. kul, J. kut-, A. kwét, bend, stoop, crouch, yield, subdue. P. 442. 3078. Cf 3080; 6259 (ku).