Nov.5] PROCEEDINGS. [1889.returnto this termpresently,whenI have finisheddiscussingthose
wordsin which an Accadian / or d is preserved in Chinese.
We have accounted for tu, " the wind" ; but Accadianalso
presentstu or tu tu, eribu, "to go in," "to set" (of the sun); tu,
summatu, a kind of bird; and tu, "a garment," "dress" (JEJ).
Withtu, "togo in," te, "to approach," "nearness,"maybe con
nected; for Accadian u and e are closely related vowels,andwe
findte="dress,"and TE=sut/imatu, as well as tu. TO, " to go in,"
appearsalsoin the fuller formtur(tur). The Chinesetieh (old
sounds,dit, dip, tip),pronouncedat Canton tit, tip, in Swatow Hat,
etc.,in Amoy Hat,Hit, etc., furnishestie, " to fall down," tie, "the sun
beginningto decline towardsthe west " ; tie, " to fall, as a hawk from
the sky." TheAmoyHit almost preserves the old Accadian tutu
intact;cp. also/'a«, "to enter" (oldsoundsdan,dam); ti, "to bend,
incline" (old sounds,t6, de).
As to the tu bird or summatu, it is probably not a swallow, but
the Chinese tu, the cuckoo, but also the goatsucker or nightjar
(see tu, old sounds, to, tot, etc.). Thegoatsucker,alsocalledchiien,
bearsanothername,indicatingthe mournful cry which it is fabled
to sing all night, till blood comesintoits eyes, singingfor its mate
to hasten home. (Its songin the daytime indicates the time
for sowing.) Cp. the phrase of the Accadian penitential hymns:
kima tu.g'u(summali)adammum, " like the Tu bird I mourn."
TO,"clothes," which alsoappearsin the earlier form tuk,is of
the same originas tuk, "to take," "tohave"(tuku=/'W,ahazu).
It is defined by the Assyrian subatu, "clothes," which springs
from sabatu, "totake." Cp. Chinese "teu,"to lift up," "gethold
of," "seize" (old sounds, tu, du, diik). There is also ti, "to
take," an abbreviation of tig (dialetic tim); cp. tum, " to carry
ofT." Nowunderthe heading TOH(o\d.sounds,tat, dak, dat),the
Chineselexiconrangesto, "to take up with bothhands,"to, "to take
by force," "getby striving, or anyhow," to, "to carry off,"toh, "to
seize,""rob";to, "to mend clothes";to, "to let down, drop,"^.,a
line intoa well ; to, a small birdwhosecry is ti-ti ; to, " a species of
water-birdlike the rail." TheChineseTAO(oldsounds,to, do, tot,
dok), gives tao, " to arrive at," " reach " ; cp. Accadian te = dahii,
aggredi,whichalsorecalls ti (te), "to butt," "to push," "to reach,"
"arrive at." With tu, "clothes," we may further compareta, "a
wrapper" (for the person), (oldsounds,tat, tap, etc.), ta, " to cover,"
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