Mar. 4] PROCEEDINGS. [1890.
(Besidesra, Accadian has — or *JJJ, ru, in the same sense,as a
postposition. The modificationof vowel dependson the laws of
vowel-harmony.) aniror anira, "to his father," is thus literally
" father+ his + going." A trace of the postposition ir, "to, at, on,"
is seen in the Chinese kin-ir, "to-day," ming-ir, "to-morrow";
"dependon me, tsz'-ir for this."
(3) The Chineseir, dialectic i,ji,ir (gi, gir), "whiskers,hairy,"
maybe at once explainedby supposing an Accadian by-formgir =
Gi5, "hair," as in the case of giS and gir,"heaven,"kis and kur,
" horse."
(4) The Chineseir, now readIan (see p. 270), dialectici, ji, ir,
"to boil," recallsgir girri, "fire,"= gi, "fire."
(5) The Chineseir, "water flowingin diverging streams, warm
water,"an expression usedof the flow of tears, correspondsperfectly
to y^ ^f«- er or fR, " tear," " to weep," " weeping" (dimtu, bakil,
bikitu). Theotherpronunciationof this ideogram, is, is an instance
of the interchange of final r and sh just referredto. This(g)ir,
(g)e§, may be compared with gur, "to flow," and perhaps gas,
cts,"liquor" (sis,"tomourn,"is perhaps is + is; cp. iss&ssis
" to weep ").
(6) The Chineseir, " a queen-post restingon the top of a beam,
to support the roof," maybe compared with the common " cwwj,
hr, "a beam" (AssyrianguSuru).
(7) The Chineseir, "a funeral carriageor hearse," maybe worn
downfromgar,mar," chariot."
(8) The Chineseir, "a male child,"e.g.,ir-nii," boys and girls,"
has the dialectic formsi, ji, ni, answering to the Accadian gin (gi,
gis) and ni, both of which are defined zikaru," male," as already
stated. Withthe Mandarin ir, we may compareJ]y,ur (ame'lu),
"a man," and>-t^y,uru, dialecticeri, "servant"; and probably
% erim, sdbu,"man,""warrior."
(9) The Chinese ir, "a small horse" (ir-ma, "a stallion"),
may be worn downfromkur," a horse."
(10)TheChineseir, ni, dialectic mi, ft, ir, "to eat," maybe re
ferredto gar, kur, ku, "to eat,"gu, "tolick" or "sip." The
fluctuationbetweenthe vowels i and u here andelsewhere will be
no shock to Accadian scholars.
(11)TheChinese ir, "the ear," "a side," dialectic i, fi", ni,
is another example of gir = gis, the latter being an Accadian
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