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204 SUMERJAN GRAMMAR
1. ASIR, ASER, Sighing, tani!Ju, for anir. a-sir = $al11, to implore.
2. ASER, Strong, itUi, for anir.
ASLAK, Carder, ol wool, see eslak.
ASTA, Wailing. ~ l~HH~TT= ikkilu, for as'tal, see VtaT.
1. ASTE, Receptacle lor water. a-sita = aste = takaltu. ® aSte = ast11.
2. ASTE, Will, desire. á-sita = aste = bailabu, from as 1 and di § 153, with
sonant d assimilated to surd s. Cf. as-ti(n) = [wsCi[W. FuI! form ás-teg
= situlw, investigation. Cf. ás-te-ba-ka, Sm. 556, 19. ás-te!] = kussu,
throne, i. e., place of seeking counsel.
ASUA, gia-su-a lor giasug, = amu, house-boat.
ASUGI, Shower, frost. See Vse!!.
AZA, ASA, An unguent, az= asil, sb 2, 12. CT. XIX 42 b 12. simaz, a paste
used in medicine, often Amarna Letters.
AZAD, Shower. a-za-acl = .surubbil, for a-sa!} § 55 b).
1. AZAG, Pestilence. á-slg, seizing hand; by harmony·azag. Loan-word, asakku.
Ordinarily one of the demons of disease. More often refers to a demon of
darkness. á-slg ... im-dí/'-ru-a, the assakku disease ... like a cloud [may
pass away), GT. IV 4, b 3J = Bab. !I 18. The á-slg-gig-ga, asakku of
darkness, mentioned with the etimmu, ghost, CT. IV 3 a 21. azag-AN is
used only in this sense. 'é azag-AN asa/' la amarí, house of darkness
(asakku), place where one sees not, Tig. 1 VIII 67, cf. IV R. 39 b 21 and
KB VIl, 433. AIso name of a disease of goats; 17 úz rig-I'íg-ga á-s[!.!,
17 she goats seized by the asakku disease, RA. !II 125,12. General term
for calamity, disgrace. anzilla ilCini asak/w tdkul, an offence against the
gods, a calamity thou hast done (eaten), Jastrow, Etana Fragment, rev. 9,
in AJSL. 1910. [á·stg = azág).
2. AZAG, Bright clean. Der. of sig 5 with augment a. Almost universal!y 'pure
clean, holy ". men azog, the sacred crown, Gyl. A 19, 14. uru-azag-ga,
the holy city, SAK. 64 b) 4. su azag-ga-ne-ne a sal-zicl mu-ni-ni-dúg-ga,
their clean hands purge thee faithflll!y with water, 1V R. 25 a 34. Denom.
verb, to purify. U/'u mu-azag, the city he consecrated, Gud. B 3, 12.
BA, To apportion. ba = zazu, (fasu. Perhaps from v'D'éir: ba = nasCiru, to
diminish. Noun ba = mislu half. ba = zuzu, portion.
1. BAD, Be distant, _removed. bad = nisu, I'étw, bésu. bad-du, varo bael-ela= isi,
GT. XVI 15 b 25. ki-bael, the far away place, nisatu. ki-bael-du-ge, the
far removed, SBP. 332, 1 ff.
1. Possibly connected with zag, sanctuary, esl'Uu. CL é·sag,holy house, Cyl. A
6, 15.