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GIL,
GlM,
1. GIN, Be firm, true. gtn, gen = kánu. gín = magal'u. gin = sanálJu sa pí,
speak with certitude. gisgu-za-bi gi-na-da, to establish the throne,
Cyl. B 8, 16. Adj. faithful. gin, gín. Der. nig-gin = kittu.
2. GIN, Inbabit a place. Hence gin = mátu, land. ki(n) = earth, ef. gun =
mátu.
3. GIN, Maid, gin, g'ín = amtu. See gimo gen = nabnítu, begetting. See Bab.
III 192 no. 5028. ki-ge-en, place of begetting, CT. XV 24, 10 = 8, 29.
4. GIN, One sixtieth. gin = 1/60 mana, or one shekel. Or 1/60 sal' of land, or 1/60
(W of grain etc.
5. GIN, Send. gin, gín, gin = ma'aru, 'aru, saparu; for f;in.
6. GIN, A plant kustu. Sumo gi-in, CT. Xl 45 a 11. Perbaps gin is the original
word for reed, f;anú.
7. GIN, Restrain? Only in gin = IV' o[ kalú, be restrained.
8. GIN, a) go in a circle, turn, enclose, thence, go, but rare. gín = alaku. mucia·gín.na-a,
(who) carne with him, RTC. 19 III. mu gín-na-ám, the year
completed its circle, Cyl. B 3, 5. The verb, turnin a circle, appears mostly
as ntgin, q. v. g'in = pabaru, to assemble, come together. Hence ukkin
assembly, pu!Jru. CL ugin in ú-gín-na-ta = ina alaki-su, SBH.
no. 62, 13. Der. gan 1. - b) In causative sense, transport, carry. gm,
gin = babalu. Offerings d'dungi d'enki-Sú gin-na, brought to the gods
Dungi and Ea, Pinches, Amh. 56. Noun; gin = biblu, burden. See
gun = biltu.
SUMERIAN GRAMMAR
Smooth away, pass away, perish. gil = l¿aliif;u, run away, perish. Wifu
ag, gil-ag, destroy, !Julluf;u. Hence gil = paraku, to annul or escape
from a contract. Johns, Deeds and Documents, p. 302; VS. 1 87, 17. gil,
gil = nalfaru, hew, carve, demolish. Hence gil = idgurtu, a carved
bowl. Der. nam-gíl-li-ag-ga, ruin.
Create, beget. gim = banu, epesu. (jem (~) = aladu. Der. gem>
1. GIR, Hasten, be nervous, journey. gil' = arabu, bamatu,galatu. gíl'=gararu.
Noun; gil' = urb·u, padanu, road. g'ir = sepu, foot, kibsu, tread, g'ir often
in sense of messenger, footman. The foal of an ass, sanu, is called gil"
gif', as the swift beast. CL also girru, k¿'¡-ru, route. See har= padanu,
route.
2. GIR, Flash, rage. gil' = bara(w, to lighten, ezezu, rage. gil' = agagu, záru,
rage. In nim-gir, lightning, i. e,,' gleam on high '. Noun; gir,lightning.
i~akbanu, fever. Adj. gil'> mil', angry. CL eme-gir, gleaming tongue, a
weapon, Cyl. B 7, 14.
3. GIR, To assemble, bind, gu-, gil' = pubburu. su·kir·kir-ri = rakasu. 'gi,. =
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gin, maid, amtu. See gin 3. galugim, architect, Ham. Code, 35, 56;
CT. X 42 B.