Nov. 5] PROCEEDINGS. [1889.
T, D, = TS, TS'.
ACCADIAN.
du,"child."
da, "side."
du," seat," " to sit."
a5-teor ti, "chair," "throne";
te, " to rest."
dub(?) = gub, " left-hand."
dub,"destroy."
dam,"wife,""consort."
dul," to cover " (e.g., the head,
in grief).
ada," father."tum,"walk,""go."(GE5)-DIN,"wine,"GAS-DIN(^<Y<).
din,"wine."Chinese.
tsz' (tsi ?), anciently "child,"now
"son"(/z«).
tsa (tsap), "side" ; Swatow, chap,
Fuhchau,chak.
tso, "to sit," "a seat" (old
sounds,tsa, dza), Swatow,cho,
Shanghai,tsu, zu.
tso, " left-hand " (tsap).
tsien,"to destroy."
tsli, " a wife, consort" (Swatow,
chH,Amoy,ch'e).
ts'i, " sad," " grieved."tsu (old sound, tso = tsa), "a
grandfather,"" progenitor."
tsu, " to advance," " go to,"
" travel " ; ts'ao, " reach,"" go
to " ; fsu, " to run," " walk
quickly."
tsiu, "wine" (old sounds, tsiu,
dziu); Swatow, etc.,chiu.
Tsiuis really fermentedor distilled liquor,chieflythe latter, and
includes spirits,beer, andotherdrinks. It is always writtenwith
the determinative yu, " new wine,""strongdrink,"a term equivalent
to the Accadian ges,gaS," strong drink" (the droppingof the § is
normalin Accadian). In Accadian din,"wine,"sometimesappears
withoutthe generic prefixges. Theidentificationof both wordsin
Chinese proves thatgeStin (gesdin)does not mean "treeof life"
nor "drink of life," as has been supposed by many, andconfirms
Jensen'sconjecturethatges-is only a " Klassenpraefix."
dub,"tablet."dub,umgeben,"to surround."tsai (tsap), "to record," "re
corded"; tsien, "a tablet or
slip " ; tsi (tsip), " record
book."
tsa (tsap), "to go round"; ts'ien,
" fence," " moat."
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