Nov.5] PROCEEDINGS. [1889.simanu,a term whichproperlymeans " signal " (cp. HTYWD *lEpt)
answersto piao, "a signal, flag"; p'iao, "to rise swiftlylike fire'';
" to make a signal with fire " ; cp. bi, napdhu, " to flame up, blaze
up,"and" to kindle," and pao, " to burn," andbil (pil), " fire," " to
burn,"whichwe have alreadyconsidered. Bad{—)is definedadaru,
" to fear," nisu, " to break up camp, depart, remove,"pitii, " to
open,"matu," to die," andpagru," a body, or corpse." Theother
signgE^f, bad, is defined duru," wall," " fortress," ilu,"high,"
matu," to die." For bad, " to fear," see ba ; bad, nisu,answers to
pu, "to walk, march,"pa, "a sacrifice offered at starting on a
journey,"/'/,£, "to retire,"pan, " to transport," etc., see bar. For
bad,pitu,see ba; and cp. p'eu, "to rip open," p'i/i,"to open,"see bar;
andfor bad, "to die," cp.pi,"to fall down dead," "to kill." Bad,
" wall," and" high,"answersto//," a stockade rounda camp";pao,
"a citadel," etc.;pih,"high,"see bar. Bu is napahu, see bi; and
paqamu,"to bridle"; cp. p'ei, "reins,""to harness," etc. (bar). Bur,
"to remove, transplant,"andbur,"to loose, set free," andbar, "10
free,"havetheircognatesin pa, p'i, "to open,"pien, "to dismiss,"
"toput at ease," and other wordsalreadycited. Withbal and bil
we dealt above; >{-, bar, deservesto be treated at length, for some
fiftyAssyriandefinitionsof this term actually findtheirdoublesin
the Chineselexicon. Withban,bam,qaitu,mitpanu,"bow,"quiver,"
comparethe Chinese pang,"a stiff bow,"pang," to pull the bow
string"; pang, " a target ;'; ping, "a quiver." Babimr (bar-bar),
"white," answers to p'iao, "to bleach,"p'iao, clear, pure, of
colour";poh, "white";cp. p'iao-poh, "a clear white." As regards
initialP, pak or pag, " to fowl or catch birds,"answersto pih (pile),
"a bird-net"; p'ien, "a hunting falcon"; cp. pa, "to grasp, seize,
catch." Pa and pad," to speak, declare,adjure"(^y-^fflj= piao,
"tomakeknown,"pu, "to publish," pa, "the mouth open,"pih,
"to talk." Par,"spread out," has numerous analogues, among
whichare/'a«,"to spread abroad,"pan,"a board, slab,"pai, "to-
spread out,"p'u,"large,""extensive." Withpis (pes), "pregnant,"
"to bear," cp. p'ei, "an embryo"; /'<•», "swollen, tumid";pao,
" to wrap up, contain " (the characterrepresents the foetus inwrapt
in the womb); pao, placenta; p'ei, " pregnant " ; p'an, placenta
Cantonese;in Pekinese, a fallingwomb); pih, "full";pi, "stomach,")
etc Pesis also napaiu,"to breathe," "blow";cp. Chinese//, "the
nose." Pisan, from which the Assyrians derived theirpisannu,
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