Nov.5] SOCIETYOF BIBLICAL ARCHAEOLOGY. [1889.
Accadian. Chinese.
- bal, dalti, "todrawwater." p'ao, "a calabash, or gourd (as
a drinking cup)";a vessel so
shaped; p'ao, " a bubble,"
" rushing water," " to soak,
rinse,dip";pao,"a waterfall"
(see 18, 19); p'eu," to take up
in both hands,as when drink
ing water fromthem."
piao, "water flowing"; po, "a.
stream";p'ei,"to irrigate,dam
up water for irrigation," "to
run,to flow."
pao,"a plane"; p'ao,"to cut";
pit, "handle of an ax"; p'i,
"tosplit"; "totrimwith an
ax"; p'o, "a sickle"; pan,
"anadze."
p'ao," to throw the shuttle."
pao,"to feel, havein the heart ";
pit', "grief,""sadness."
p'oh, " to throw water down,"
"bespatter," "to drip"; po,
"to flow along,""a stream."
piao,"waterflowing";pin, "to
strain off," "pour out"; pin,
pieh,"empty," "driedup."
It is to be understood thatnot all the Chinese cognatesare
givenin each case. Withbal, " to rebel," we might alsocompare
poh,"to mislead by fair speeches," "to stir up rebellion by seducing
talk," "obstinate," disorderly," "perverse"; and so in other in
stances. Thetruthis that the development of the root in Chinese
is far more elaboratethan in Accadian, as will be seen from the
following, whichpresentsat a glance all the secondary roots or
outgrowthsspringingfromthe primary pa :—
pa (old sounds,pa, pak, pat). pan(panand ban).
- BAL, laqti,"to irrigate."
- bal, pilakku,"anax."
- bal, pilakku, " a spindle."
- bal, ussatu, "trouble,"
" vexation" (ussat libbiSu).
- bal, naq&,"topoura liba
tion."
- bal, tabaku,"to pour out."
p'a (p'a pdt, p'ak, ba, bat).
pah(oldsounds,pat, bat).
pai (pa, pat,ba, bat).
p'ai (ba, bat, p'a, p'at).
p'an,(p'an,ban).
pan(pen,ben).
p'an(benp'en).
pang(pong,bong).
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