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228 SUMERIAN GRAMMAR
3. MAS, Small cattle. mas, más = bulu. Ordinarily young of the goat, kid, lalu,
$abítu. úz más-bi, she-goat and kid, IV R. 30 no. 2 obv. 6. más dú-du,
a sleek kid, Cyl. A 18,7; 1, 14. mas·seg, fat kid, Cyl. A 8, 8. Yet the
proper ter m for male kid is mas-dü. mas, más apparently denotes pro­
perly the young female of the goat, U/'i$u, distinct from the older female
unilJu, ~ U+I)..AR. mas-zid, the sacred she-goat, Gud. F 4, 6; IV R. 28"
no. 4 rey. 3. mas-gab, the opened she-goat, DP. 83 1. The mas bears
bar-túg, but the ud u, bears sig, wool, Nik. 59 obv. VII; rey. IV. Der.
masbulclubbü, scape-goat, ZA. VI 242, 22 j IV 21 b 29.
4. MAS, Vision. mas, más = bu'u. más gig-ga, vision of the night, dream, CT.
IV 40 B 21; Nbn. 8 VI 12. Oracle. sig más-e ne-pacl, the brick announced
the oracle, Cyl. A 13, 17. más-bar-bar-ra su-mu-gid-dé, he observed
pure oracles, 12, 16.
5. MAS, Interest. mas, más = $ibtum. más gi-na dag-ge-dam, let the lawful
interest increase, CT. VI 44 B 1. más an-tuk, he took interest, Poebel, 22,1.
6. lVL'S, Bright. mas = eUu, ibbu. mas = eUu. See gis 4, mus 3.
MEL, Fire. KI-BIL (me-il) = bimtitu. Perhaps connected with mun.
MIN, Two. See lndex. min-na-bi, doubled. min-kam-ma, second. gisapin­
gud min-lal, oxen for irrigating machines, hitched in pair, K. 2014, 4,
V. Del. HW. 674 b.
1. MIR, Flash, rage. See gil' 2. mil', me-ir = ezezu. Noun; mil', me-ir=
nuggatu, rage.
2. MIR, Band, girdle. mil' = sibbu. See gil' 3.
3. MIR, Foot. me-ri = sepu. Tread, kibsu. Conquest, kissatu. See gi,'l,
4. MIR, Sword. me-ri =patru. See (¡ir, to cut.
MIS, MES, Manly, maleo mis = zikru, maru. ukkin mes, man of the assembly,
elder, pW'sumu, Rm. 604 obv. 7. See gis 1.
3. MIS, Be bright. Root assumed for mas 6, mus 3 and me in me-lam.
1. MU, Name. mu = sumu, mü. For mun. Denom. verb, to name, nabu.
Passim in oaths, 'by the name of', by. mu lugal, by the king (they
swear). See § 118.
2. MU, Male, zikru, mu, mu. See mus 1.
3. MU, Oracle. mu. = tertu. From mur < gu,', vgzr.
4. MU, Year, sattu.
5. MU, House. mu = bUu. Der. of gal, to create. Cf. ma 5.
6. MU, Great, /'aM. For gul 2.
7. MU, \Vood, i$u. See mus 5.
8. MU, To clothe. mu= labasu. Noun; cloth made of fibre, linen, cotton, $ubatu.
Certainly connected with gis, wood. See p. 59 under túg.
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