Feb.4] SOCIETYOF BIBLICAL ARCHEOLOGY. [1890.put to rights, to complete" = gin, kunnu,mullu,ga (or gin ?) sullumu.
A further Chinese offshoot of the samestock is k'iun or ch'iitn,
"a flock of sheep, a herd —a concourse, a company, a multitude—
all men of the same kind—the whole of, entire"; meaningswhich
mayall be referred to uk.-kin, puhru,ni-gin,napharu. Thecorres
ponding M-form is man, ' the common mandarinparticlefor alP
(Summers, Handbook, p. 54), or, as Dr. WellsWilliamscalls it,
' the sign of the plural of persons ' (e.g., wo-man, " we, who are
together")= Accadian me (men ?), me-S, "multitude,"a sign of the
plural. Cp. also met',"each, every,"wo-mei,"all of us"; Nl-MIN,
"multitudes"; min, "the people"; min, "a multitude"; man,
" full, complete,entire,the whole—to fill, to complete."
To the same series as kiin, kiiin or chiiin, "all," belongkai
dialectic koi, kai, ke, "all — the whole — abundant"; cp. Accadian
£^y,ga, in Ga-g a puhru ; gin, gimru; g'a, g'e,g'u,"abundance"
(the othermeaningsof the Chinese character,viz.,"to prepare"=gin,
kunnu—and "fit,""just,"" right"^ gin, kenu,furthercorroborate
thesecomparisons): it or chi, "to finish— all — entirely "=gior
gin,gimru,ga or gi, sullumu : k'i or ch% "full,abundant—large—
numerous—multitudes"= gi(n), malA,"to be full," and forms cited
above: kiai or chie = dialectic kai, kia, "all alike—the whole,
altogether(saidof things preceding),but often simplya sign of the
plural";'all' incompany,/'«universum,comprehendingthe wholeclass
(Summers); cp. kiai or h'ie, dialectickai, kia, " together, with,"of ac
companiment= Accadian KI, itti, " along with,"and kien, " moreover,
and,alongwith —and also —to join several together"= gin,sanaku,"to
jointogether,"just as kien, " stable, firm —to establish " = gin, kcnu,
kunnu. For this last term the Cantonese is kin, Shanghaiki" ; and
Dr. Edkins giveskin, gin, as the older forms—an exact coincidence
withthe Accadian gin,kin,whichis all the more valuablebecause
unintended. TheChineseseries of £-terms for " all " further com
prises kih, chi = kdt, gtif, chih, " to close or desist —to finish —
entirely,all —ended" (old soundkit) ; cp. kud, parasu," to cut off,
to decide, stop, hinder," and ktieh, Cantonesekiit, "to cut off,
decide,settle—decidedly,certainly,finally":king,ching,"to exhaust,
to finish, at the close, the end —adv. at last, finally,afterall " = gin,
" to finish": ko, dial, kok, kek, kbk, "each,every,all " = G-G\,pultru,
" all together," etc. : kit, chit, " all, the whole "—" altogether, at once,"
and kti, " to raise or lift —to begin —all, the whole, of persons"=uku,
" men, the people, the crowd"; kur,naphar'ii,"in sum;" cm, gimru,
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