Appendix:Sumerian basic vocabulary
A basic vocabulary list of Sumerian from Kassian (2014) is given below.[1] Kassian (2014) uses a 110-item wordlist from the Global Lexicostatistical Database, which consists of 100 Swadesh list items, in addition to 10 other words from Sergei Yakhontov's 100-wordlist.
Kassian (2014)
editNo. | Gloss | Sumerian |
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1 | all (omnis) | NOUN REDUPLICATION |
2 | ashes | dedal ~ didal ⟨DE3-DAL⟩ |
5 | big | gal ⟨GAL⟩ |
6 | bird | mušen ⟨MUŠEN⟩ |
8 | black | giggi ⟨GE6⟩ |
9 | blood | mud ⟨MUD⟩, umun ⟨U3-MUN⟩ |
11 | breast | gaba ⟨GABA⟩ |
12 | to burn tr. | bil ⟨BIL2 ~ BIL3 ~ BIL⟩ |
16 | to come | ŋen ⟨ĜEN⟩ (perf.), du ⟨DU⟩ (imperf.) |
18 | dog | ur ⟨UR⟩ |
19 | to drink | naŋ ⟨NAĜ⟩ |
21 | ear | ŋeštug- ⟨ĝešTUG2 = ĝešTU2 ~ ĝešTUG⟩ |
22 | earth | saxar ⟨SAÎAR⟩ |
23 | to eat | gu ⟨GU7⟩ |
25 | eye | igi ⟨IGI⟩ |
26 | fat n. | i ⟨I3⟩ |
28 | fire | iʒi ⟨IZI⟩ |
31 | foot | ŋiri ⟨ĜIRI3⟩ |
33 | to give | šum ⟨ŠUM2⟩ |
34 | good | dug- ⟨DUG3 = DU10⟩ |
37 | hand | šu ⟨ŠU⟩ |
38 | head | saŋ ⟨SAĜ⟩ |
39 | to hear | ŋeš tuku ⟨ĜEŠ TUKU⟩ ‘to acquire the ear (?)’ |
40 | heart | šag- ⟨ŠAG4 = ŠA3⟩ |
42 | I | ŋe ⟨ĜE26⟩ |
45 | to know | ʒu ⟨ZU⟩ |
48 | liver | ur ⟨UR5⟩, ba ⟨BA3 = EŠ⟩ |
49 | long | gid ⟨GID2⟩ |
50 | louse | ex ⟨EÎ⟩ |
51 | man | lu ⟨LU2⟩ |
52 | many | šar ⟨ŠAR ~ ŠAR2⟩ |
53 | meat | uʒu ⟨UZU⟩ |
54 | moon | itid- ⟨ITID = ITI ~ I3-TI⟩ |
55 | mountain | kur ⟨KUR⟩ |
56 | mouth | kag- ⟨KAG2 = KA⟩ |
57 | name | mu ⟨MU⟩ |
58 | neck | gu ⟨GU2⟩ |
59 | new | gibil ⟨GIBIL ~ GIBIL4⟩ |
61 | nose | kiri ⟨KIRI3⟩ |
62 | not | nu- ⟨NU⟩ |
63 | one | diš |
64 | person | lu ⟨LU2⟩ |
65 | rain | šeŋ ⟨ŠEĜ3⟩ ‘to rain; rain (n.)’ |
67 | road | kaskal ⟨KASKAL⟩ |
71 | to say | dug- ⟨DUG4 = DU11⟩ (perf.), e ⟨E⟩ (imperf.) |
72 | to see | igi du ⟨IGI DU8⟩ ‘to spread the eye’ |
74 | to sit | tuš ⟨TUŠ⟩ (perf.), dur ⟨DUR2⟩ (imperf.) |
75 | skin | kuš ⟨KUŠ⟩ |
78 | smoke | ibi ⟨I-BI2⟩ |
82 | sun | ud- ⟨UD = U4⟩ |
85 | that | =še |
86 | this | =e |
87 | thou | ʒe ⟨ZE2⟩ |
88 | tongue | eme ⟨EME⟩ |
89 | tooth | ʒu ⟨ZU2⟩ |
90 | tree | ŋeš ⟨ĜEŠ⟩ |
91 | two | min |
92 | to go | ŋen ⟨ĜEN⟩ (perf.), du ⟨DU⟩ (imperf.) |
94 | water | ay ⟨A⟩ |
96 | what | ana ⟨A-NA⟩ |
98 | who | aba ⟨A-BA⟩ |
99 | woman | munus ⟨MUNUS⟩ |
106 | snake | muš ⟨MUŠ⟩ |
107 | thin | sal ⟨SAL⟩ |
110 | year | mu ⟨MU⟩ |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Kassian, Alexei (2014). "Lexical Matches between Sumerian and Hurro-Urartian: Possible Historical Scenarios". Cuneiform Digital Library Journal (4).
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