Mar. 4] PROCEEDINGS. [1890.THENEWACCADIAN.By the Rev. C. J. Ball, M.A.,Oxon.,
CHAPLAINOFLINCOLN'SINN; FORMERLY CENSORANDLECTURERIN
KING'SCOLLEGE,LONDON.
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Accadio-Chinese RootswithInitial L.
In his well-known and invaluableAkkadische und Sumerische
Keilschrifttexte, published nine years ago (Leipzig, 1881), Prof.
PaulHauptgave this brieflist of Accadian words withinitialL
(ride p. 156):—
(1) lag, "bright,clear,light." (8) lu, "to trouble, disturb."
(2) lag1, "to be pure, to purify." (9) lu, "Mensch, Mann."
(3) fog'ty', "to glitter, to beam." (10)lugal, "king, lord;" pro
perly"greatman."
(4) lag', lag'lag1, "to carry, or be (11)lugud,"clearblood."
carriedaway."
(5) lamma, "a demon." (12)luguruS, "Mann."
(6) lal, "to suspend, to weigh, to (13) lug,"servant."
pay"; " to pour out,to fill."
(7) lid (?), " a bull or steer." (14)lul, "bad,refractory"{wider-
spenstig).
Severalof these termshavealreadybeen compared withtheir
Chinese representatives. Theymaynow be treated with greater
fullness. y, lag', "bright," "light,"and its reduplicated form
f y, lag'lag', "to glitter"(witha phonetic suffix^ ^f MPTf*'
lag'-lag'-ga),is hardlya distinct rootfromt-J]<,lag',misii,"to wash,
cleanse,purify." lag'lag'is rendered by the Assyrian abdbu," to
wash,purify,"e.g., the hands, ceremonially: and by ibbu, " clean,
pure," andits synonym ellu, whichis also usedof the hands : cp.
1 LAG'LAG'=«ar« ellitu,"a pure stream." Themoon-goddess,Ai, is
calledlag'lag'," the pure," like the chaste Artemis-Diana,or, perhaps,
simply"the bright." lag'lag' is rendered in other places by
namaru, "toglitter," namru, "bright,"and nuru, "light." The
charactert\, lag', namaru,namru,nuru,is oniy a graphic variant.
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