Chinese and Sumerian

SUMERIAN

NE, GUN-NI, fire-jar; brazier; portable stove. 9703. Cf. NI-G zz DINIG, furnace (dru, ved. Targ. ad Psalm. xit. 7).

NI, zz NI-SHAG, pig’s fat, lard; NINUN, butter. Zhe character was also vead 1, ointment; IA, oil (C. Z. xii. 32) ; LI, to grease, anoint; azd DI-G, to tear away; to rend, ¢vaus. and intr. ;

‘and ZA-L, to shine; also NI. (A loss

of final -G ts possible in NI.) 5305 ff. DIGS SIG \W7-7NI, the body (Br. 8373). Self. 8353.

(2) NI, to fear; terror. Prod. from NIG

. =NING, NIM; cogn. with LAG, LUG (LIG, RIG), to fear; to frighten; LU (Br. 6915), to trouble, disturb.

(3) NI, strength. Prob. from NI-G, cogn. with LIG, strength (Br. 6195) ; seen in DI-NIG?, mighty. Cf also NE, strength.

NI-GIN, NI-GI, to go round, turn round, surround. To assemble or gather together ; ¢vams. to collect ; the (entire) collection, the sum total, all. To hunt, hem in game all round. 10334-10343. Cf. GIN, GI, to turn round, return; GIN, GI, the whole; all; KIN zz UK-KIN, assembly, totality, all.

NI-GIN, dwelling-place, palace, temple (Assyr. kummu ; from KUM=KUN,

CHINESE

A. ne, you, 8211. ki, dji, gi, chi, J. K.A. ki, this, that, 1026.

lu, li, lou, K. ro, no, A. lou, li, stove; fireplace; brazier, 7403; 7416; hung, k‘ong, flame, fire, 5253; hung-lu, a portable stove (= GUN-NI).

ni, ti, ngi, li, K. yi, grease; fat; glossy. 8228. niang, néng, fat. 8242. Cf Zou, iu, yiu, niu, fat; rich. 5658 (P. 545 n-k).

tsé, chak, teik, K. tek, greasy; fat; glossy; shining; to anoint. 11666.

ts‘é, ch‘'ak, ch‘ek, tek, A. hsik, to tear; to be torn; to burst. 11693.

ni, li, ngi, J. nei ov tei, glossy; shining, as with dew. 82009.

ti, A. te, the body; the trunk. P, 926 li (li = ni = ti).

tsi, chi, zi, A. ti, self, P. 176, ti-k, si-k. 12365.

lin, lim (nin, nim = ning), to fear, 7188; 7190.

li, lei, 14, A. la-k, to fear, 6968. li, lut, Am. \ék, lit, leik, lik, afraid; terrified, 6976. (l= n.)

ni, nik, li, to blush; look ashamed ; 8200; ni, nik, li, J. toku, niki, ashamed; mortified, 8218.

li, lik, lit, J. riki, strength, 6980.

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R. 109.

k‘tien, k‘en, K. kwon, J. ken, a circle; to surround with a circle; to hem in, ensnare; k‘iien-wei, to form a circle so as to drive game into one spot. 3162. Cf. kiien, to roll up, roll away, curl, whirl. 3146. 3152.

kitin, kw‘én, Am. k‘un, J. kin, to collect, to band together. 3299.

kitin, kwén, K. kun, J. gun, kun, an army. 3276.

k‘iiin, kw‘én, kun, a flock, a crowd, a collection (of things); the whole of .. . 3304.

kitin, kwén, king, J. kin, all; every. 3293.

kung, kong, gung, all; all together. 6571.

*kung,, a palace; a dwelling; a temple,

6580. (From kum = kun.)