Feb.4] PROCEEDINGS. [1890.Chinese.
nan, "to force a man to do
something"';nan, "adversity,''
"calamity."
na, " to be appointed " ; Can
tonesenap (nab = nam).
ning,"to direct" (= wing).
nam-tar,araru," to curse " (pray nan, "to mutter,performincan
tations" ; tao, " to pray to the
gods."
nan (nam), a species of bird ;
ni-nan,"twittering,as swallows"
(ni = " twittering "), cp. nan,
" incessant talking."
nao, nowread nung, "pleased,"
"glad"; nao, noh, "to play
with."
nao, generic name for veined
and coloured stones,like agate,
onyx, jasper, etc. (cp. ngao-
ngao," stony ground").
hi-hi,a kind of precious stone. nu, a kind of flint.
nim,zumbu, "a fly or insect"; «a»,nameof an insect; in Can-Accadian.
nam,nag,Si/ntu,"appointment,':
"decree,""fate."pihatu "governorship."
against).nam(g'u)sinuntu," a swallow."nam,hadH,"to be glad."na, abnu, "a stone."nim-lal,* zumbi diSpi, " flies
of honey " ; nim-ni-nunna,
zumbihimeti, "flies of curds
or butter" ; vid. infra.nim sakii, " high."
na, eld, high."
na iamd, "heaven," "thesky."
(videana,do. Proc,Nov.,1889,
p. 40.)tonese,bitesof gnats or fleas ;
ni, insects on leaves ; aphides.
nan,unfledgedlocusts;niang,
(=nim)is a term oftenapplied
to insects.
ning, "the top of the head";
ning,"to carry" (Cantonese);
ni, "to carry" (Cantonese);
nien,Cantonesenim, " to pick
up,""to carry";-«/',a fabulous
tree a thousand feet Jaigh.* »-^^| lal = diijiu, "honey," and tdbu, "sweet"; ga-lai.£= la
lululatdl'u " (a nurse) whosebreasL(milk)is sweet." Cp. la (lap or lat), "wax,"
especiallyof bees.
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