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zhan, " to dye," " to taint or
infect," "tosoil," "to render
vile;""soft,""pliant"
gi(n),mahalu(?), " to pour in,"
"mingle,""dishonour,""de
file;" me, "pour out;"g'a,
g'e, sirpHu, "dyed stuff;"
du-b,*sibu,"to immerse in;"
" to pour out ; " perhaps gig,
mi, " dark."
gin,"to bow and bend"; "the
pliantreedor rush."
N.B.—Zhan," a sort of monkey," is an onomatopcea, according
to the authorities.
jAN(likeSanskritinherenta).
Old sounds,nfn and nfm. Cantonese^an,ydm,ngdn,etc. Chifuyin.
zhan,"a man," "humanbeings"; gin, mu,me, na, ni, nu, dili,
zikaru," male," " man."
gin,ginna,amtu,"femaleslave."
geme," maid."
(ESS,galu, gulu,. " man " =
ngdlu,ngiilu;Jensen).
gin, kenu,"righteous,""friendly,"
etc.
mun, tdbtu, "goodness;" dug,
du, zib, " good."
nig-ginna, kittu, "justice,"
"equity."
gin,kenu," fixed," " set fast."
gin, kctnu, " to be fixed," " firm."
gi(n),mal,malii," to be full " ;
cp. gal, gul,mar,"great."
gin," to bend andbowbefore."
gin, main, "full;" umme-da,
eme-da, taritu, "a pregnant
woman" ; lit. mother + big.f
Jjj|,ga, aladu, " to bear."
- The compound termdubbinis explained, sumbu( = ?/?*«), "thefinger";
tupru," finger-nail" ; and ubdnu," finger" or " thumb." DUB = Chinese chi,
old sound, tik = DtG, " a finger " ; and BIN may be comparedwithChinesep'i=
BI, " the thumb." Chia(old sound, gab),is " the finger-nails."
- Cp. Chinese hi, "belly"; /'at,"thepregnantwomb"(oldsound, da);
ta, "big, plump,"" to grow large" ; and yiin (underYIN)," pregnant" = gin.
yih ko z/tdn, " one person,"
whethera nan z/tdn, "male,"
or nil zhan, "female."zhan, "humanity," "regard for
others,""thefirstof the con
stantvirtues," "fulfillingone's
socialduties."" paralyzed," " numb."
zhan,"raftersor lathsof the roof."
zhan,"great,""full.""toflatter," "toadulate."
zhan,"pregnant."56