Elementary Sumerian Glossary

ki-duru5 wet place (in a field) (Civil, Farmer's
Instructions p. 69)
ki-e-ne-di, ki-a-ne-di game, play, dance
KI.E.NE.DI. d INANNA → éšemen
ki-en-gi(r), ki-in-gi(r) Sumer (Steinkeller, AV Klein
308-309, analyzes as ki- en gi(r) with pronunciation [kin
gir] (cf. gi7(r))
ki-en-gi ki-uri Sumer and Akkad
ki-gal the netherworld; (a term for foundation)
ki-gub(-ba) station, position, standing; constellation
ki - ĝar to (firmly) found (buildings), to settle (people)
ki-ĝar grounds, settled place
ki-hul funeral (rites)
ki - hur to scratch, paw at the ground
ki-in-dar crevice (nigişşu)
KI.KAL → kankal
ki-lá weight
KI.LAM → ĝanba
ki-lul-la treacherous, dangerous place
ki-mah grave, cemetery
ki-nú sleeping quarters, resting place, camp; bed
ki-sá (Ur III ki-sá-a) platform (so Suter, ZA 87, 6 in a
discussion of sá "square" in Gudea. She finds no direct
lexical proof for conventional translation "supporting
or retaining wall." (kisû). Heimpel, CUSAS 5, 171
translates "foundation terrace.")
ki-sa6-ga happy place; happiness
ki-sè-ga funeral offerings, rites
ki-si-ga quiet, silent place
ki-sikil pure place; young woman, maiden
ki - su-ub to kiss the ground, make obeisance
(periphrastic: ki-su-ub - a5)
ki-su7(r), ki-sura12 threshing-floor (Civil, Farmer's
Instructions p. 94)
ki-sur-ra boundary, border, place of demarcation;
demarcated area, territory
ki-šár(-ra) horizon; everywhere
ki-še-er - tuku to know moderation, have a limit or
barrier; to be off-limits (Civil, RAI 41 = BBVO 18,
260)
ki-šú finale, coda, end (of a song)
ki - tag to lay, put, leave on the ground; to plant; to
found (cf. tag4)
ki - túm to bury
ki-túm grave
ki - tuš to establish, take up residence
ki-tuš seat, residence, dwelling place, habitation
ki-u4-ba formerly, once when, "once upon a time"
KI.UD → kislah
ki-ul primeval place
ki-ulutin (a mythical place of original creation)
ki-ùr terrace (in a temple complex, especially that of
Nippur - a site of divine assemblies)
ki-uri (ki) the state Akkad
ki(-a/e) - ús to (make) lie on the ground, touch, press
the ground; to found, ground, make fast; to compact
(earth), pack densely, pile up/accumulate (by wind)
(Steinkeller, AV Biggs 226 n. 19)
ki-ús dais(?), cultic seat(?)
ki-ús-sa firmly grounded, founded
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