P, R, S words
based on John Halloren's Sumerian Lexicon
modified by Fred Hamori as Sumerian & FU
List
I included Hungarian formatives in brackets (formative). Such formatives are often
dropped in written Sumerian, since the logograms make them irrelevant. However the spoken language must have had
them, to differentiate the many meanings of each homonymic root word. The goal is not to try to match Hungarian
word forms onto Sumerian but to translate Sumerian phonemes to Hungarian as
they are. Therefore word order changes and the lack of formatives are kept the
way they are. Simple words often are
close whereas combined words tend to have metathesis at times. The metathesis
can often be explained by the Sumerian morphological differences, that may use
common morpheme but in a different order. Also the FU languages
had not one but a half a dozen different formatives that daughter languages may
and do change to fit their needs and when it becomes unnecessary drops them.
These differentiate the many uses of a common root word.
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pà |
(cf., pàd ). |
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pa(4)-har |
wages ('small
canal' + 'coil of silver', cf, a-pa4). |
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pa...è; |
to show; to make appear; [figy-el=observe, watch] |
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PA+DUG-um |
an allowance, payment. |
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PA+USAN |
a shepherd. |
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pa4,5,6(-r) |
irrigation ditch, small canal, dike. |
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pa4...ba-al |
to dig ditches ('irrigation ditch' + 'to dig'). {*j>l,g} |
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pa4[PAB]-a-da-ga |
flowing irrigation ditch ('irrigation ditch' + 'flowing with water'). |
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pa4-úgur[SIG7] |
ditch ('irrigation
ditch' + 'field, garden' ?). |
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pa5-sig |
small branch canal ('irrigation ditch, canal' + 'small'). |
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pa-áŋ |
nostrils ('wings' + 'to measure, check'). |
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pab, pap, pa4 |
father; brother; man; leader [PAP archaic frequency = 501; concatenation
of 2 sign variants]. |
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pàd, pà |
to show, reveal; [
ð>gy, p>f figy-el =to observe, watch, keep an eye on] |
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pad, paðx |
n., bite, small repast (regularly followed
by rá; cf., bur and búru) |
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pà-da |
an occupation ('to find; to declare' + nominative). |
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pag, bag[HU] |
to cage, shelter (birds) (branches + round chamber). |
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pah[LUL] |
leg.
[láb=legg ]
L >blk ??, The lead L in Sumerian doesn’t get dropped so this is an
unreliable solution |
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pah-zil |
an intestinal disease (?) ('legs; leprosy' + 'to divide; to peel'). |
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pala(2,3) |
vestments, clothing (of gods and rulers) (cf., pa-pah, 'inner sanctum', and lal/lá, 'to drape' as in túg-níŋ-lal). |
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palil(2) |
advance troops, shock troops, leader (bala, 'to cross over', + lú, 'men'). |
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pana, pan, ban |
bow (pa, 'branch', + na4, 'pebble, stone') [BAN archaic
frequency= 27; concatenates 2 ? sign variants]. |
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pap |
(cf., pab; pa4). |
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pa-pah |
cella, inner sanctum of a temple (cf., Orel & Stolbova #1926, *pah-
"close, lock"). |
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pap-hal(-la) |
n., leg, thigh; confinement, poverty; share
(Akk. loan,
cf., hal, ha-la). |
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par3/4 |
(cf., bàra). |
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parim |
arid land; dry land (as opposed to marsh
land or water) (cf., bar-rim4). |
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pa-sa-lal-a |
a bundle of brushwood ('branch' + 'bundle' + 'to lift, carry; to bind' +
nominative). |
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pa-TAR |
cut-off branches/twigs ('branch' + 'to cut off'). {*w>blk} |
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pe-el(-lá) |
(cf., pil(2)). |
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pe-en-zé-er |
a functionary; hearth tender (?); leather
worker (??) |
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peš |
n., womb; [*päç'e
> fész-ek=womb, bird's nest ] |
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peš(7) |
child; son. |
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péš-(ŋiš)gi |
canebrake mouse or mole rat ('mouse' + 'reeds'). {t>s ? } |
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péš, |
a type of edible mouse (probably derives from pèš, 'fig'). { t>s?} |
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peš4,13 |
n., river pebble. |
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peš5,6 |
n., deep breathing; scent; |
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peš-mur7 |
a palm tree product ('palm frond' + 'ridge'). |
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peš-peš |
very wide, spacious; physically handicapped
(reduplicated 'womb; to expand; to be
wide'). |
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pi-il |
(cf., pil(2)). |
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pil(2) |
to be/make obscure; to be/make dirty, [ piszk =dirt] also Turkic |
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pi-lu5-da |
(cf., billuda). |
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PIRIN.TUR |
(cf., nemurx). |
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píriŋ |
bright. |
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piriŋ(3) |
lion (poetic); light (bar6/7, 'to shine',
+ níg', 'thing') [PIRIG archaic
frequency= 103; concatenation of 5 sign variants]. |
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piš10, peš10; pešx(KI.A) |
shore, river bank. {?t>s} |
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piš10...tag |
to go aground (said of a boat) ('shore, river bank' + 'to touch, strike'). |
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pisan-dub |
container for clay tablets (cf., ŋa-dub; lúša13-dub-ba) ('vessel' + 'clay tablet'). {metathesis?} |
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pi-saŋ(2/3), pi-san(2/3) |
(open) basket; box, chest; frame (bad/be, 'to open', + saŋ, 'head'). |
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PN nam-kúr-re |
'may “person” not change it' (na, prohibitive prefix + nasal
î, 'impersonal conjugation prefix', + -ib-, 'it', + 'to change' in marû form). |
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pú |
well, cistern, pool, fountain; depth [PU2 archaic
frequency = 37]. |
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pú-lá |
deep well ('well, cistern' + 'to be high; to hang, stretch, reach'). {r>l} |
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pú-níŋ-ŋìr(-/ak/) |
pitfall ('well, cistern' + 'thing' + 'path' + genitive). |
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puniŋx |
(cf., buniŋx). |
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púŋiškiri6 |
irrigated orchard ('well, cistern' + 'orchard'). |
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púš |
pain; tightness; difficult circumstances (derives from peš4,
'to be pregnant'). |
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pu-úh-ru-um |
assembly (Akk. puhru 'assembly', cf., unkin). |
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puzur |
(cf., buzur). |
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rá |
(cf., re7). |
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rà |
(cf., ara4). |
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ra(2)-gaba |
rider; courier (Akkadian rakbu). |
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ra(-g/h) |
n., inundation [RA archaic frequency = 25]. [ *säre > _ár =flood ] |
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ra-ah |
to strike repetitively [with a hoe]; |
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rap |
(cf., (ŋiš)rab). |
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ra-ra |
to flatten; |
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re7; ri6,
rá, ir10; e-re7; er, ir |
to accompany, lead; [*ur-as =lead male >> ur =lord] |
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ri |
v., to throw, cast; throw away, sweep away [*räppa > rep, reb =fling, fly] |
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RI |
calendar month 5 at Umma during Ur III. |
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rib |
to be higher in rank; to go away (Akk. rabbu). |
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ri-ba |
enormous, supreme (Akkadian rabbu). |
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rib-ba |
enormous, supreme (Akkadian rabbu). |
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rìg |
mace, weapon (ri, 'to throw' + ug5,7,8,
'to kill'). {*w >blk} |
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rig; ri |
to bring; to tend; to pull; to glean, pick
(reduplication class) |
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rig5,7 |
n., list; temple ward, slave. |
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ri-ha-mun |
(cf., im-ri-ha-mun). |
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RI-HU |
bird breeder (?) ('to tend' + 'birds'). |
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rim4 |
(cf., kaš4). |
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rín[ERIM] |
to be/make bright (reduplication class); |
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ru |
n., present, gift [RU archaic frequency = 120]. |
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rú |
(cf., dù). |
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rù |
to be equal in size or rank. |
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ru5 |
to send forth shoots, buds, or blossoms; to
butt; to gore. {j >blk} |
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rúg [SU or NAM.SU]; ru |
to restore; to replace; to pay back; to
receive (reduplication class) (ru, 'to give; to send' + entrance).
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ru-gú |
to withstand; to oppose; to move in a
direction opposite to; to face (cf., lú-ru-gú-da). |
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sa |
n., sinew, tendon; cord; net; mat; bundle;
string of a musical instrument |
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sá |
n., advice. |
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ša |
to dry up [ŠA archaic frequency= 97]. |
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šà |
(cf., šag4). |
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šà(-ge) ...guru7 |
all that one wants ('heart, stomach' ( + 'to the') + 'a large silo'). |
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šà(-ge)... kúr/kár |
to change one's mind ('heart, will, mood' + ergative agent marker + 'to
change'). |
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šà(-ge)...pàd |
to choose ('heart, stomach' ( + 'in the') + 'to find, declare'). |
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šà...bala |
to breed ('womb' + 'to revolve, deliver').
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šà...dab5 |
to be angry ('heart, stomach' + 'to grasp, clench'). |
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šà...dar |
to be afraid ('stomach' + 'to slice', cf., ní...dar). |
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šà...diri |
to overeat ('stomach' + 'to exceed'). |
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sá...dug4/du11/e |
to reach, arrive, overwhelm (often with -ni-); to provide regular offerings (reduplication
class) ('to equal in value' + 'to
effect'). |
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sa...gi4 |
to prepare ('mat' + 'to restore' ?). {*w>blk} |
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šà...huŋ |
to pacify; to calm down the heart ('heart' + 'to rest'). |
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šà...kúš(-ù) |
to rest the heart; to make love to; to take
counsel with (with -da-) |
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šà...lá |
to (en)gorge, stuff ('stomach' + 'to extend, load'). |
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sa...lal/lá |
to stretch the net; to sweep; to tie with cords ('net' + 'to stretch'). |
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sá...sè(-g/k) |
to plot; to plan ('advice' + 'to apply; to compare'). |
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šà...šed7 |
to cool/soothe the heart ('heart' + 'to calm, cool down'). |
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šà...sìg |
to be oppressed ('heart' + 'to strike, crush'). |
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šà...sur |
to have diarrhea; [sok =lots (of) szar=shit ] |
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ŠÀ.ÁB |
creation ('womb' + 'cow'). {l(V)# >blk} |
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sá[DI]...DI |
to evaluate ('value' + 'to judge'). |
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sa10 |
to be equivalent; |
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sa12 |
(cf., saŋ). |
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sa12-du5 |
read sa12-sug5 ?, from the Akkadian form šassukkum). |
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sa12-sug5; sa12-su5[SAN-KU]; sá-sug5 |
land register manager; registrar of deeds;
librarian |
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sa12-ti-umki |
the eastern mountains. |
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sa4 |
to name; to call by name. {*w>ø } |
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ša4, še13 |
(cf., su9). |
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sa5 |
n., red ocher. adj., red, red-brown. |
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ša5 |
to cut, break (reeds). |
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sa6 |
(cf., sag9). |
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ša6 |
(cf., sag9). |
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sa7 |
well-formed. |
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sa9[MAŠ] |
half. |
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šà-a-bar-ra |
bastard ('womb'
+ locative or 'seed' + 'to be foreign' + nominative). |
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šab (PA.IB) |
n., middle; stem (cf., sabad; dugšab) [ŠAB archaic frequency = 61; concatenation of 2 sign
variants]. |
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sabad(2,3),
sad2,3,4 [NÁ×U, NÁ×BAD, NÁ×SIG7 ]; šab, sab [PA.IB] |
hips, loins; middle (su, 'body', + bad, 'to open'). |
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šà-bal-bal |
descendant, offspring ('womb' + reduplicated 'to revolve, deliver'). |
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šà-bi-ta |
There from; deducted from the
state-bestowed capital debt |
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šabra,šapra[PA.AL] |
temple administrator; commissioner (šab, 'to gather up', + ru, 'to give') [ŠABRA archaic frequency= 1]. |
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šà-da |
voluntarily ('heart' + 'with'). |
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šà-diŋir-re-e-ne |
the (secret) will of the gods ('interior; will' + 'gods'). |
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šà-dub-didli |
recorded on an individual tablet ('contents' + 'tablet' + 'separate, individual'). |
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šà-dùg |
a term for young animals ('heart' + 'sweet'). |
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sá-dug4/du11 |
a capacity measure, = 24 sìla in Presargonic Girsu and 40 sìla starting with Akkad period; regular
"tithe" or "offering" important to the temple
economy ('to equal in value' + 'to effect'). |
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sa-dúr(-ra); ŠEŠ-dúr-rá/a |
low-lying end of a farmer's field ('?' + 'buttocks'). |
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šag4, šà |
n., intestines; gut; heart; stomach; abdomen;
entrails; content; womb; body; interior, midst, inside; bed of a river; will,
volition; mood; meaning, significance [szügy =chest
of animals, inner organs ] |
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sag5 |
(cf., zàg). |
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šag5 |
to slaughter (ša5, 'to cut, break' + ug5,7,8, 'to kill'). { #w>blk > ug
} |
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šag5 |
(cf., sag9). |
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sag9, šag5,
sig6, sa6, ša6 |
n., good fortune; (divine) grace, favor. [szives =having a heart,
kindly ; seg-it =help,
helpfull ] |
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sag9-hul |
both good and bad ('good' + 'bad'). |
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šà-gada-lal |
linen-clad ('midst' + 'linen' + 'to drape'; cf., šà-lá-lá). |
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šà-ga-dù |
belt ('stomach'
+ nominative + 'to mould, shape'). {k>g>h>blk} |
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šà-gal |
food, fodder, sustenance ('stomach' + 'enlarge'). |
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šagan, ša-kan |
a large jar for oil; |
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šagan-lá |
peddler, trader ('a large jar for oil' + 'to carry'). |
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ša-ga-ru |
a kind of copper. |
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sa-gaz...aka |
to rob (someone dative infix); to commit
murder ('robber' + 'to do'). |
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sa-gaz; |
highway robber ('head' + 'to smash'). |
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šaggina, šaggin, šagina |
military governor (šag4, 'guts', + gi-na, 'steady, reliable') [? ŠAGINA archaic frequency= 1]. |
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sagi [SÌLA.ŠU.DU8] |
cupbearer (loan from Akk. šaaqû). |
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šà-gi8[IGI]-guru6/7 |
a voluntary offering ('heart' + 'eyes' + 'to shine, be bright; grain
heap'). |
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šà-gig-ga |
an aching heart ('heart' + 'to be sick, painful' + nominative). |
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šà-gi-na |
true heart; one's nature ('heart' + 'to be firm, true' + nominative). |