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238 SUMERIAN GRAMMAR
misery. sil-a si-ga-ge, street of silence, CT. XVI 49, 302, Sem. sulJi
sal!umme, the silent street.
4. SIG, Plunge forward, rush. Certainly connected with .::ig 1. Which is original?
Sig, sig, sig = nalJabu; zal!u, blow. sig = ni~,ilpú. sig-ga-zu-de, when
thou goest forth, (of the moon), SBP. 296, 6 ff. imir sig-sig-ga-dím, like a
speeding cloud, CT. XVII 20, 54. si-l!i=nil1ilpú. sig, fil;, slg=urrú,
rush. galu ude um-me-si-sif¡-sig, who sends the storm ?, CT. XV ~80, 16.
- Noun; Slg, sig=saru, wind, zal;il1u,storm. sir}; horn, (wrnu. Perhaps
here sig to turno uru nimgir-ra nu-mu-un-na-ab-slg-ga-!'i=alu sa nagi!'i
la usaIJlJiru-su, the city to which the prince turns not, SBP. 96, /. Same
sense with sig, line 3. S[{j = salJaru , Rm. 341 obv. 6 f.
5. SIG, Be bright, shine forth. sirj= namaru, napa,!;u. The temple like the sun
an-sag-gi im-sir}, lights up the centre of heaven, Cy], B 1, 7. The temple
which ukkin-ni sir}-a, lights all things, CyL A 30, 9. galu ud-dím siggi-a,
he who shines as the day, Cy], A 9, 21. sir an-sag·gi sig-ga-ám,
light which lights the centre of heaven, Cy], A 25, 4. The two colours red
and yellow are distinguished in Semitic, sa,nw, red, arl!u, yellow, but in
Sumerian the word sig is employed for both, a distinction in signs being
preserved only. sig, sig= sa,mu, red, sig = aral1u, be verdant, green·
yellow, arl!u. sig=$ara,pu, silver white. (Jsed oí Jupiter lll· R. 52 b 8
which in OUT climate is gold-yellow. garsag sig-ga.dím, like a verdant
mountain, Cy], A 30,10. Here sig apparently =green. From slg, verdant,
is derived nisig, verdant, ar(fU. samu red, and banú, be bright, are also
writtetl ~llA.Tand