Dec.3] PROCEEDINGS. [1889." to denominate " ; wei, " to talk in one's sleep" ; wei, " to ex
aggerate" ; wu, "a sigh," "a groan" (ngo,wo, wok, wot,mo, mot) ;
wu,"tocalumniate"; wu,"totalkloud,""tobawl,""to brag";
" wu, " a sound in singing " ; wu, " a large parrotthatcan talk " ;
wu,"toflatter";anduh (under WUH,old sounds wok,wot,ok,
ot, mot), " crowing or cackling of fowls."
Herealsomaybe added the Accadian mu, iiptu, " spell, charm,
exorcism";cp. Chinese mi, "to bewitch";wu, " a sorceress," "to
perform incantations,"" magic " ; mi, " occult," " mysterious" ; mi,
" to whisper"; mo, "a demon." en, also definedSiptu,is probably
softened fromgen(can), inim-inim,another synonym, may be
comparedwith nan,"tomutter,performincantations"(old sound
nam); nan, " incessant talk,gabble."
- The Accadian mu, isu, " wood," " tree," which is a dialectic
formof gi-S, is thus developedin Mandarin : mu (old soundsmot,
mok),Cantonesembk,mut,the generic termfor " wood," " a tree,"
" wooden" ; meu (mu, mut), an old name for the quince tree ;
meu, "a lance," "spear,"Chifumu ; ma, "head-board(of a bed)";
man,a species of thorny tree ; man (miin),Cantoneserntin,a species
of fir ; the heart-wood of the fir ; mao (mo,mok),a species of low
palmlikea Thrinax ; mei (mi, mai,mik,mit,met),in Cantonese
muiandmi, in Shanghai me, " the flowering almond" ; mei, " a small
tree,""a shrub," "stalk,""stick";mieh(mit,met),Cantonesemit,
" lath-like rods" ; mu mien, " the cotton tree " (min) ; mi (mit, mik),
" the eagle-wood " (Aquilaria or Aloexylon) of Eastern India; ming,
" the heart-wood of a tree," " nameof a tree " ; mo (mak, mat),Chifu
mit," end of a branch," " outmost twigs" mu (mu, mot,mok),Chitu
mu,a tree that grewon Duke Cheu'sgrave,probablya beech; mang
(mong),a tree likethe locust (Suphora),Cantonesemung,presup
posingmug. To these adduh, "a stump or trunk withoutleavesor
branches" (see WUH); wu, " a wood suitable for arrows" ; wu,
"severalspeciesof trees" ; wei, " a tree that furnishesa yellow dye,"
"mastof a vessel," "a short spear";wan, "a timber likepine."
Thedialectic formsof the Chinese seem to indicate mug(=mig)
or mud (=mid)for the primitive formof Accadian mu. - In Accadian we find the following terms for night, darkness,
sunset,shadow,eclipse: ge, mfisu, " night" ; gig, gigga,ditto,also
salmu,"dark,""black,""shadow,""image,"anderibu,"togo in,
set (of the sun)," gig-ga,eribuHa SamSi, " setting of the sun " ; ana
gig, (or mi ?), atalu, " eclipse" ; giS-gig (mi ?), fillu, " shadow,"
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