Nov.5] PROCEEDINGS. [1889.is favoured by the initial c (rather thanI) of ""W' ^5^> anc^ tnat
theterm meant" the covering or canopy abovethe earth " (cp. the
rootspj, 12J7, "^., 7/, "to cover"). Thetermwas then used,by
a natural transfer,to denote " high," " lofty," whileAnu,the god, is
simplyheavenpersonified, or the z\ anna, the Spirit of Heaven.
Perhaps, as the canopy of heaven appearsconcave(cp. yen, " bell-
shaped"), ears of corn got the same namefromtheirbendingand
bowing(cp. gin, "a reed"). TheAccadiangang'e,"abundance,"
" overflow," an apparent homophone of (g)an, " sky," seems to
connectthe two meanings of corn and flood.
Of the numerals I have alreadyidentifiedgiS,"one,"withyih
(yit), "one"; and "two," tab, with Chinese fa (t'ap). Mm,
min-na,"two," maybe connected with irh or arh or 'rh, "two,"
which,strange as it may appear, had formerly the sound of nt.
Thisni may representan older mi, as in Accadian itselfwe find
dialecticm for n. So (rh, "ear"= ni = mi = mu-5, gi-s,"ear."
The Chineseterm for "three" is san, whichseemsto answer to
Accadiane-sin," thirty." Sin (San ; cp., Sanherib), the moongod,
was symbolized by the number30. TheChinese sz' or ssii (the
rootcloselyapproximatesto shi), maybe akin to the Accadian San,
Sim,Sib, "four." A, ia, "five," goesbackto gad, "the hand";cp.
Chinesewit, " five " = older wot = mot = mat = gat. AS, " six " =
a + as = 5 + 1 = gad + gaS = dgaS = dyaS = lya§ = Amoy liok,
Mandarinluh (old sound,lok.) GiSpu, "ten" (giSip)= Chinese
shift,"ten"(oldsound,ship). AS-tanmeans,I think, "oneonly";
cp. tan, " single," "alone"(oldsound,tan). " His army was in three
corps,"san tan ; tan being addedto the numeral as in Accadian.
£xceptioprobatregulam. TheMandarin speechhas an initial
j sound (zh ; the French sound, as in juge), which, after several
falsestarts,I determined to represent an Accadian g (hg). How
wasthisresult to be reconciled withthe rulethatAccadiang =
Chinese^/ Theold forms and the dialects suppliedthe answer.
Strangeas it may appear,the old sound of Jan (pronouncedzhan)
was actually men,thatis, nyen, thatis ngin, so that thistermis no
real exception to the rule (cp. Fuhchauybng,yeng, andChifuyen).
Under J, the Chinese Lexicon groups sixteen principal sounds,
viz., JAN,J.XN, JANG,JANG, JAO, JE, JEH, JEU,JOH, JU, JUH, JU1,
JUN,JUNG,JWA,JWAN.
( To he continued. )
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