Elementary Sumerian Glossary

si-im to smell (Perhaps connect with šim? Cf. ir - siim)
si-im(-si-im) - a5 to smell, sniff
(urudu) si-im-da, sim-da owner's mark, emblem, brand;
branding-iron (< Akk. šimtu) (Foxvog, ZA 85, 5-6)
si-mùš radiance
si - sá to do or perform in a regular, right, correct,
proper fashion; to maintain properly; to supply, provide
regularly; to make regular, regulate; to prepare, ready
in a correct way, put in order; to go straightway,
directly, guide straight
si-sá just, righteous; just person
sì(g) → sè(g)
si4, su4, sa5 red, reddish, brown (the sign is REC 48,
i.e. SI-gunû)
sig, si-ig to be(come) weak, thin, flat, low, level; to
bring down, tear down, rip apart, demolish, level,
remove
sig(-ga), si-ga weak; thin, narrow; low, lower, lower
land; south, southern
sig(-ga), si-ga → a-sig
síg → siki
sìg (sàg) to strike, beat upon, beat down, fell; to make
tremble, quake. Some now read sàg with Proto Ea 490.
The verb has dual syntax: to make something beat upon
(earlier), to beat with something (later) (connected with
ság - du11 to scatter by ePSD)
sig4 (šeg12) brick; brickwork, brick walls (sig4 is
conventional; the newest reading is šeg12) (ES še-eb)
SIG4 - gi4 → še25 - gi4
sig4(-al)-ùr/ur5-ra baked, fired brick (Heimpel,
CUSAS 5, 193f.)
sig5, si-ig, sig to be(come) good, fine, pleasing,
beautiful (by-form of sa6(g); see also a-sig)
sig5(-ga), si(-ig)-ga, sig15(KAL) good, high or best
quality, pleasing, beautiful. ePSD now reads sag10,
sag8(KAL). Attinger, NABU 2008 p. 104 differentiates
saga10 (Ur III), sag(a)10 (OB), sig5 (post-OB) (cf. sa6ga,
sa-ga)
sig7 (se12, si12) to cut (an agricultural activity) (compare
parallels ú-kul zé-a UTI 4, 2697:2, ú-kul se12-a UTI 4,
2769:2, ú-kul ku5-rá UTI 4, 2398:3) (see Molina &
Such-Gutiérrez, JNES 63, 1-16)
sig7 (se12, si12) to be(come) green, yellow, sallow, pale
(read si12-si12 when reduplicated)
sig7(-ga), sig17, (reduplicated si12-si12) green, yellow,
tan; verdant (Steinkeller, BSA 8, 56) Cf. kù-sig17(GI))
sig7 (perhaps better se12 or si12) plural of → ti(l) and
lu5(g)
sig7-sig7 - ĝar to produce sobs (onomatopoetic?)
(George, RAI 47, 141-143)
SIG7-igi → úgur-igi
sig15(KAL) → sig5
siki (síg, sík) wool, hair (siki is now the most common
reading)
siki-ba (síg-ba) wool ration
siki-mug wool of poor/inferior quality (mukku)
(Steinkeller, BSA 8, 57 + n. 133, Waetzoldt,
Textilindustrie 56-57)
sikil to be pure, clean, pristine, virginal; to purify
sikil(-la) pure, clean
síl(NUN) → si-il
sila street
sìla (a capacity measure = 0.842 liter or ca. 9/10 quart)
sila4 male lamb
sila4-ga(-sub-ba) suckling lamb
sila4-gaba(-k) offering(?) lamb; semi-weaned(?) lamb
(Steinkeller, BSA 8, 55) For the genitive cf. Ukg 1 iv
47