Elementary Sumerian Glossary

gi-èn-bar, NE.GI-bar (a kind of reed); cf. še-NE.GIbar
(a kind of millet?) (read perhaps gi-li-bar)
gi-gíd flute or double-oboe (like the Gk. aulos)
gi-gun4(-na), gi-gù-na cella, chapel (on top of the
temple tower or upper terrace), divine audience
chamber and living quarters (Waetzoldt, AV Klein
323-329; Steinkeller, AV Biggs 229 + n. 27)
gi-gur reed basket
gi-henbur(GAG), young reed
gi-izi-lá torch
gi-kaskal traveling basket
gi-kid → gi kid
giš
gi-muš steering-oar, punting-pole(?) (Powell, BSA 6,
117f.)
gi-na → gi(n)
GI.NA.AB.DU7/TUM → é-šutum(x)
gi-nindan → gi-diš-ninda, nindan
gi-rin (or gi girinx) n. flower; adj. flowered, blooming
(Civil, AV Biggs 24f.) (cf. gurun fruit)
gi-sal (reed fence or screen on the roof of a building)
gi-sun mature, old reed
gi-šukur-ra → šukur
gi-zi reed shoots, fodder reed (Waetzoldt, BSA 6,
129f.)
gi4 to return; to remit; to send after, back, over; to send
as a messenger; to turn away, aside, back; to bar, close
up, lock away, withhold; to be sated; elliptical for inim
- gi4 to answer, respond (A rare /r/ Auslaut is seen in
Pohl, TMHnf 1 4:9.)
gi4-me-a-aš colleague
GI6 → gíg, ĝi6
gi7(r) (gir15), gi(r) (girx) native, local, indigenous,
domestic, domesticated (Steinkeller, AV Klein 305-
310; BSA 8, 64 n. 30) Steinkeller proposes an
underlying pronunciation [ n gir] or [ n gid r ]. ePSD reads
ĝir15. Cf. ur-gi7(r) and eme-gi7(r).
gi16(l/b), gil/b, gilim/b to lie across, bar, block,
obstruct (Civil, AV Biggs 24 reads gili m b)
gi16-sa adj. lasting, enduring, permanent; n. treasure
(šukuttu)
gi16-sa(-aš/šè) - a5 to make (into a) lasting (thing)
gi16-gi16-sa jewels(?) (Ludingira 26)
gibil v. and adj. (to be) new, fresh
gíd to be long, lengthen; to pull, draw, drag, tow (a
boat); to stretch, tighten (strings); to measure, survey;
to milk (for the first meaning compare sù(d))
gíd(-da) long
gidim (i.e. g/kid/tim) ghost (Civil, AV Biggs 24)
(eţemmu) (for sign form see Heimpel, CUSAS 5, 139)
gig wheat
gig to be sore, painful, sick, weak; to be bad, evil,
bitter, hateful; to be interdicted, "taboo"
gig-bé bitterly
gíg(GI6), gi6(g) black ePSD reads giggi like babbar
when simplex, but gi6- gi6 when reduplicated. See
ku10 and cf. ĝi6 night (Civil, EBLA 1975-1985, 155 n.
32.)
giš gigir chariot, wagon
gil/b, gilim/b → gi16(l/b)
gi gilim entwined reed cords, cables (used as
construction material) (Waetzoldt, BSA 6, 132-134)
gín (giĝ4) shekel (a weight = 1/60 ma-na = 8 gr.); (an
axe? Cf. aga, tùn/agà) Proto Ea 718 supports a
pronunciation /giĝ/, though /gin/ seems correct for OS;
see Krecher, ZA 63, 199.
gir young cow, heifer
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