Elementary Sumerian Glossary

ki - za to prostrate oneself, make obeisance
ki-za obeisance, homage
ki-za - túm to refuse obeisance
KIB (dedicatory) clay nail
gi kid reed mat
kíd, kìr to pinch off, cut off
kìd-kìd-da ritual
kíĝ (kin) to seek, search out
kíĝ (kin) work, job; duties (Civil, AV Hallo 76) (kíĝ is
now the preferred writing, but the word is still seen
written with a final /n/ like hun)
kíĝ - a5 to perform work, labor
kíĝ - du11 to perform work, labor
kíĝ-ĝá skilled
kíĝ - gi4 to send a message
(lú) kíĝ-gi4-a messenger, envoy; omen, as in Ur III sila4
kíĝ-gi4-a omen-lamb (Heimpel, BSA 7, 132f.)
kíĝ-nim (cultic) morning meal, service
kíĝ-sig (cultic) afternoon meal, service
kikkin(HAR), kíkkin(HAR.HAR) millstone, grinding
slab Cf. géme-kikkin grinder, miller (some read kínkín
or kinkinx, others read àr-àr (OB); vars. kikken,
na4 kikkin-na (see Civil, AuOr Suppl. 22, p. 131f.)
kìlib(-ba) all; kìlib-ba-bi every one of them, all of
them
kin → kíĝ
kin-gal leader, expert; dining hall
kinda, kindagal, (kínda in OS) barber; slave marker
(gallābu)
kìr → kíd
kìri, kir4 hyena (būşu)
kìri, kir4 nose, muzzle
kìri-dab5/dab groom
kìri šu - ĝál to show reverence, make the gesture of
reverence (the hand held up to the nose), make
obeisance; periphrastic: kìri-šu-ĝál - a5
kìri-zal → giri17-zal
giš
kirid(KEŠDA) hair clasp (Farber, AV Reiner (1987)
96-99) (kirissu)
kisal courtyard
kisal-luh courtyard sweeper
kislah(KI.ZALAG) empty, uncultivated land, vacant
lot
(na4) kišib seal, seal impression; sealed document
kišib - ra to impress a seal
kiši8 ant
(giš) kišig(Ú.GIR2-gunû), (giš) kiši16 (a kind of acacia)
(ašāgu) (Veldhuis, Education 170; Biggs, OIP 99, 69-
70). Heimpel, CUSAS 5, 298 now identifies as shok (=
Arabic shauk), a thorny bush, prosopis farcta.
(gis>) kišig2(GÍR-gunû), (giš) kiši17 → (giš)ád
ku-li friend (ePSD now reads gu5-li)
ku-mul cumin(?)
ku-nu to come (a literary word)
kú → gu7
kù(g) (kug) to be sacred, holy; to sanctify
kù(g) holy, sacred; shining, bright, clean, pure (cf.
Vanstiphout, AV Jacobsen II (2002) 259f.)
kù(g) (kug) silver
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