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A SELECTED VOCABULARY 219
biltu, burden. gun-tuk, he who possesses much, honorable, Cyl. B 7, 20;
13, 12. This word is for an original gun, l/gen, be much, abundant.
gun-gu,., to resto re al!, to fulfil, Cyl. B 11, 23; 15, 4.
2. GUN,Neck. gun = kisadu. From gin, turn in a circle. gún ki-su mal-mal,
to bring the neck toward the earth, stoop, lj;adadu. gun-lal, to stretch out
the neck, arise. an·da gun-ial-ám, rising into heaven, Cyl. A 21, 16,
cf. 21, 6. an-ki-da gun-lal-a, exalted in heaven and earth, 17, 19.
3. GUN,Mighty, great. gün = rabu. Perhaps same root as gun 1.
1. GUR,Turn. gur, gur, gür, gur = tál'u, sa¿,al'u. Turn back. gur = ne'u. Der.
marrana < garrana = taÁaru, merey. gur·gur= kuppuru, remove mate­
rials in a ritual against uncleanness, take away bread, meal, scapegoat,
which have absorbed the uncleanness, u-me-te-gur-gur= /wppir, remove
(the bread), IV R. 27 b 54; of a scapegoat, ASKT. 104, 16. [The meaning
'smear' for these cases, argued by SCHRANK, Babylonische Sühnriten,
pp. 81-7 is impossible in Sumerian.]
2. GUR, Cut into bits, plunder, shear. gur = lj;asa.su. gür g'ur = saiaiu. The
root cut in gur = e.sedu, to harvest. se-rJur-kud=esedu. gur in lists of
animals seems to mean shear not wean. udu gis gur-ra, a mal e sheep
sheared, DP. 86 1. e-gUl" he has sheared, RTe. 40 II 4. See SAK. 54
note d. Noun. gü,. = pidu, harvest. se-rJul', harvested grain. This root
in gurin> girln > gurun, frhit, crop; also in kan-gur = kanagUlTu,
harvest land, SAL 2021 and Br. 11891.
3. GURa) Be thick, heavy. gür = kabaru, kabatu. Adj. gur= kabru, heavy.
tug-gür-gü,. = subatu kubaru, a thick cloth. gÜ¡-= pu¿du, thick.
b) Be full, rich. gúl' = malu. gUI'-gúr ... gun gur-gur-da, to fill the granaries
with produce, Cyl. B 11, 23. su-gúr, cause to be fil!ed with abundance,
Cyl. B 11,15; 15, 4.
c) Crush. gur= sallapu. gu'i-=!ranasu, halasu. Noun. gur=lj;iddatu,
humiliation. gür= uddatu, suppression. Here ki.ma-gur.gur, he lay
down, Cyl. A 5, 10.
4. GUR, Lift, carry. gúr = nasll. imi gúr-ru = lna ramanisu suiú, (who) is of
himself exa!ted, SBP. 232, 15. Here gur (:-n