Dec.3] PROCEEDINGS. [1889.zhan= "yes," "certainly,""it is gina,gin = ki-a-am, "thus."
so,"" thus, in this way."zhan,"redsilk,""thatwhichhas GA, J^f, sar&pu, "to stain,
beendyeda bright crimsonor
scarlet," etc. ; vid. zhan, " to
dye,"infra.
zhan,"thewhiskers,""thebeard"
zhan," red silk," " that which has
(2 characters), vid zhan, "lux
urianttenderherbage,"infra*
zhan,"a large serpent."
zhan," a hem or broad bandon
a woman's dress."
zhan, " a caterpillar."zhan," tender," " weak." (Cha
racter represents hair just
growingon the body —down.)zhan,"luxurianttenderherbage,"
" by turns."dye."
So called as sprouting forth
fromthe skin, likegin,reeds
and rushes by the waterside.
»TC<T(c)us,muttatu," hair " ;
vid. infr., p. 80 ; du-b, muttu,
"thehair."
gi(n),kapasu, se contrahere, a
trait of snakes and cater
pillars. Gi(n),saharu,"to go
round." gin, gi, biegen,
drehen,wenden,zuriickkehren
(Haupt). Therootexpresses
the ideas of lengthand sinuous
motion. mu-§, {iru, " ser
pent."t
gin, "a reed"; "that which
bendsand bowslike a reed."
gin, sahru,"small," "little,"
" weak."
gin,"reeds, rushes,bamboos,"
etc.zhan, "to dye,"
infect."gin,tdru,"to turn andreturn."
' to taint or ga, " to dye," " to stain."* As we find in this Chinese seriestermsdenotingdress,clothing,homophonoiis
withtermsdenotinghair,down,etc (considered as a covering), so in Accadian
we have SIC definedluiuUu," clothing,"and Sarin, "hair."
+ /an, "serpent,"is pronounced Im at Canton, jiamin Amoy, andij at
Shanghai Withthe last, cf. sir, the other valueof the Accadian symbol.
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