Elementary Sumerian Glossary

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i, i-i (by-form of è) to sprout, come forth; to praise
i-bí, ì-bí smoke (qutru)
ú i-li-nu-uš (a plant)
i-lu cry; wail, lament; song
i-lu - du11 to perform, intone an i-lu (cf. ulù-di lament
singer) (Attinger, Eléments 555-563)
i-lu-lam-ma (herder's) work-song
i-lu-šà-ga heart-felt song
i-ne-eš → ì-ne-éš
giš i/ì-ri9-na root
i-si-iš laughter, delight; derisive laughter, derision;
wailing, grief (J.G. Westenholz, AV Klein 361)
i-si-iš - ĝar to afflict with grief, deride(?)
i-si-iš - lá to be full of laughter, delight; to suffer
derision; to be be afflicted with worries (Krecher,
Sumerische Kultlyrik 89ff.)
i-ti → iti6
i- d utu cry or appeal for justice (Steiner, AOAT 253,
407-410)
i-zi (flood-)wave, swells (Heimpel, RlA 9, 153f.;
Alster, AV Klein 6)
i-zi, iz-zi wall (of a building); fence (cf. ĝiš-zi)
ì, ìa oil; fat, tallow; butter
ì-áb-a butterfat
ì-bí-za financial loss
ì-du10(-ga) fine, sweet-smelling oil
ì-gi4-in-zu, igi-zu as if, as though (but cf. Alster ASJ 9,
34)
ì-ĝiš vegetable oil; sesame oil
ì-hi-nun-na precious oil
ì-ir-a perfumed, scented oil
ì-li fine(st) oil
ì-ne-éš/eš, i-ne-éš, ne-éš (ne-šè), e-ne-éš now, finally
(Sjöberg, JCS 25, 131)
ì-nun(-na) (clarified) butter, ghee (Stol, BSA 7, 101-
103)
(lú) ì-rá-rá perfumer, ointment mixer (muraqqû)
ì-šáh pork-fat, lard
ì-šim aromatic oil, perfumed oil
ì-šub → giš ù-šub
ì-ti → iti6
ì-udu sheep-fat, tallow
i7(d) (íd) river, canal, channel
i7-ki-sur-ra(-k) boundary canal
i7-lú-ru-gú ordeal-river (often divinized)
ía, í five (Edzard, AV Klein 101)
íb waist, hips, loins
íb anger, rage, fury
íb-lá belt
-íb/ib-ra-aš → -braš
ibila, i-bí-la heir
i7 idigna the Tigris
idim spring, underground waters
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