Mar.4] PROCEEDINGS. [1890.synonymof the other termsgroupedunderthe ideogram jjfz ->f-.
Thatthis groupmaybe read alsopan,in the like sense, as the
componentpartsof it (pa-an) suggest,is made probableby the fact
that/'a«in Chinese means,"to divide in twain, judge,decide,""a
decision,sentence."t The valuekus,parsuSa Hi, " command of a
god,"maybe comparedwiththe cognate Accadiankut," to decide,"
(pardsu); and withthe Chinese kiieh(kut),Cantonesekilt, " art,
rule,precepts"; kiieh, "to decide, settle,cut off, sentence."
Thegroup«fcfl$:S5ftflf.
Thisgroupaffordsanotherexample of the value of recognizing
in Accadian the existence of nouns compoundedof two synonymous
expressions,like those we have justconsidered. I think it should
be read sag-dugga. It is well knownthatthe group means" head"
(kakkadu). sag or sang we have alreadycomparedwiththe Chinese
sang," forehead" ; dug answersto Chinese f'au,whichat Shanghai
is pronounced du, " the head " (cp. also lu, " the skull," " the fore
head"= du). We have alsothe cognate formsȣ2^, tig (ting),
"thehead"{rHu),andin Chinese ting,"thetop,crown,head."
If this reasoning be correct, it is evident thatt^ls^:ti^f must be
readsagdu,or sangdu, or perhaps saddu. Thesecondcharacter
may even have had the valuedug, as well as du ; but the case
appearsto be analogous to si, sig-ga, etc.
* Hence pan-pan," a chapel " (parakku) ; cp. bar(a) in the same sense.
+ liik (lut) is also "to divide, to distinguishbetween,to adjust " ; and picn,
a homophone olpiencitedabove,is "to cut asunder," "to divideor distinguish,"
"to discriminate." Cp. pan, "todividein two, to halve." Withgar-za(g),
the other valueof J^«->Jf-, cp. yao, dialecticyb (= ga, gar), "tobe bound,
to restrict, to try, to examine into,"and ttai, " to govern, to rule," andtsch,
dialectictsik,chek(big)," rule, precept,law,"and chah, ShanghaiandChifu
tiah,"an order."T^287