Mar.4] PROCEEDINGS. [1890."brave, brawny, to exert strength,"which are related to lung, as
gum is to lum. But, further,we find also in Accadian the group
tyy -j^j: da-lum, explained dannu, " strong, mighty." Thisis a
compound of the ordinary kind, consisting of two synonymous
terms, and not an ideogram as has been supposedhitherto,viz.,
da, aStu, a synonym of dannu, + lum (== lam), "vigorous"(strictly
used of sturdy growth), and then, generally, " strong, mighty,
stout,great" Lungma tsing-shan, " of dragon horsevigour-spirit"
= "he has the vigourof a dragon or a horse." Of the same
Chinesecharacter,lung,it is further notedthat, " in matters relating
to betrothals, it is often used for a man." Thisis certainly remark
able;for, in Accadian, we have the composite nita-lamand nita-
dam, in the sense of " spouse," " husband " (Assyrian M'iru).
nitais "male" (= ni), and dam(lam)is "mate," eithermanor
wife (£-£Ef is both damandlam).
TheAccadian dam, lam," mate," coincidein sound andidea
withotherChinese terms. Withdamwe may comparetang(tong,
dong)"whatis suitable, convenient,or just," "equalto, to match,"
a relation of ideas whichis illustrated by the Accadian gin (din),
"just, proper," gim,dim, "like";tang(teng, deng), Amoy ting,
" to compare, equal,like,same" ; and fung, dialectict'ung, tong,
dung," together, all at once, all, united, identical,same,alike,to
unite,matched,to equalize, to assemble, and,with,the same as";a
groupof meanings whichis not the disconnected farragowhichit
may appearto be, but which corresponds plainlyenoughto the
Accadian wordsalreadycited, gin, til (tin) "all," ni-gin (ni-
min) " all assembled together," " to assemble " ; dim, dig, dug,
"great," "heavy";gin, dim,"like"; gin(din) "to unite"; GiS,
dis, "one"; gin (kenu)"just, equal"; ki, £2| di, itti, "with."
t^tEf. dam, not only means " man" and " wife," but also
kima,"like,accordingto,"and atta,"thou"(mysecondox fellow).
And as we notice once more/ and d interchanging as the initial
soundin these Chinese words,so in Accadian we have »^Ey£J
tumaas well as dam, dim,in the sense of " like, as."
- Tsing, "fine, subtle,delicate"; "the purepartof a thing, ethereal,
essential" ; " the germinating principle,semenof males," recalls dim," to
beget,"on the one hand, andzi, zig, " life, soul, spirit,"on the other. As it
alsomeans "anapparition,a wraith, a form takenby spirits," we may also
comparedimma,"a ghost." For the relation of ideas, cp. the phrase tsingM
skin-cfiipin," the semen is the support of the animal spirits." TheAmoychi'ug
givesthe d-fortacorrespondingto dim.
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