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JOH{old sound, nok = gag ?).
zho, "pliable," "slender,""fragile"; "weak,""feeble," "languish
ing " ; gin, " to bend " ; and gig, marsu, " ill," " sick,"
" weak."
zho, " the cat-tail rush, fromwhichmats are woven " = gin, qanu,
"rush."
zho," united" = gi, san&qu, " to connect," "join" ; gi-§, di-§,"one."
zho," as," " like " = gim, dim :
" This," " the one " = g'u, g'e, annu, " this."
As a conditional particle,"if,""perhaps,""shouldit be ' = g'u,
g'e (de), the optative prefixof verbs in Accadian {cp. Greek,
ei6e,el 70/))
Nameof a marine deity: cp. -—] tjE ^f,D.P.g'ul(?).
zho,an old name for the cuticle of the bamboo; a slender varietyof
the bamboo (Bambusalatifolia): cp. gin, qartti," reed." In old
times,peopleprepared the leaves for writing on ; the culms
furnishedpencilhandles: cp. the expression qan duppe, " reed
of a tablet " ; and the Chinese kan, " culm of the bamboo " ;
" stick, rod,shaft,"etc.
JU {old sounds, no, not, niok= ga, gat, ngak?).
Chifu,yti = gu, gi ?.
zhu,conjunctionof comparison ; " as, like," " as if," " according
to"; "if," "perhaps"; "and," "also,"etc., "to go to." A
personal pronoun,"you." Cp. gim, "like";tu- in tukundi
(du-)"if";za, zae, "you" (= g'u, g'e, "thisperson before
me");gin, alaku, "togo";tu, eribu, "to enter";du, "to
go " ; gin, dahti," to go to," " approach."
zhu,"intertwistedas roots,""interlaced,""entangled"=GiN,san&ku,
"to connect "; crN, wenden^drehen. " To receive," "to take"=
gi, sab&tu, "to take"; "toeat much," "togormandize" = cu,
ak&lu,"to covet" = gi, biblu, "desire"sunku,"want";"pliant,"
" flexible" = gin, "to bend,"whence,also,"dried,as vegetables,"
from the bending, curling,shrivelling effectof heat; "to die,"
"to wither away"; 2 R. 39, 42 e. gam, kapasuVDS,contraxit,
clausit,os manum, Nif. contraxitse ad moriendum, mortuusest ;
id. ^^ ; gi, Simlu, " fate," gaz," to slay " ; gul, ab&tu," to
perish" : " to conjecture," " deliberate' = gin, " to incline, or
bring{babalu)the mind to a thing.'1
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