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Accadian.
kingad,love,to love.ka-lum,fruit
i.u-GUG,sheep,ram.
si-lig,leader,strong.
sag-du(sang-du),f head.
su-shi,a corpse.
sag-gigga, the Black-headed (a
nameof the Accadians). SAG
is the Chinese sang,sing,and
gig \syih,yik, "black."
tml-bad, Ae\e0aT(Hesych.), the
planetVenus.
i.ig-bi(-ku),wolf.
i'.an-sur,dish,banquet,feast.
ninni(= nin + nin), TheGreat
Ladyor Goddess (Ishtar).
(sis-)si-ki,elderbrother(Sin).
kud-din,youngerbrother.
(mu)ku, a timber tree (sign=
mu, tree + ku, dwell).Chinese.
ts'in(formerlykin)*-ngai,love.
kien-ngai,to love all equally.
kwo-lo,fruit(of all kinds).
ling-yang,a sheep-like deer.
shi-lih(old lik), strength, prowess.
s/iang-t'au,the head or chief.
si-ski, a dead body; Shanghai
si-su.
kHen-shau,Black-heads;a name
of the Chinese (cp. Accadian
kan,"black")fromTs'in-Chi-
Hwangti'stime(circa 225 B.C.),
according to the native au
thorities; but probably much
older.
T'ai-pok,the planet Venus.lang-pei,wolf.
fang-si, a plenteous table (full
gobletox plate + table), a feast.
niang-niang (= nin-nin), lady
goddess.
kia-hiung(ki-sin),elderbrother.
ko-ti,youngerbrother.
(mu) ku, a timber tree(sign=
mu, tree + ku, dwell).It should perhapsbe mentioned, though the fact will be evident
enoughto Chinese andAccadian scholarsin their respectivedepart
ments, thatin no case are these compound terms hypothetical
formationsof my own (likepin-lut= the Accadian billudu, for* As the phonetic of the character indicates.
t sag (sang),"head,"and"chief,"wasdialecticallyshag(shang). It is
relatedto Chinesesang," forehead,"and sin, sing, " the sinciput " (Chifu siting),
as well as to shau (old shug), Shanghaisit, " the head." Further,suchan alter
nativeas sin or sing, "thesinciput,"enablesus to understand ho*Sag shang)
or SAG can be "mountain," "peak"in Accadian, and SHAN ( = shang), " moun
tain,"in Chinese.
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