Elementary Sumerian Glossary

nì-érim (or nì-ne-ru) evil (thing), fraudulent action
nì-GA(-r) possessions, goods, property (Until recently
read nì-gur11, but see disc. s.v. ĝar. Michalowski, RAI
47, 418, takes as a loan from makkūru.)
nì-galam artfully wrought thing; artfulness
nì-gi-na truth, right; law, justice
nì-gig(-ga) interdicted thing, taboo; abomination, evil
act; bane, curse; a bitter thing
nì-gur11(GA) → nì-GA(-r)
nì-kas7 - a5 to make an accounting
nì-kas7-a5 (nì-ka9-a5) (balanced) account, accounting
nì-ku5 tax, revenue
nì-ku5 - a5 to tax, bring in revenue
nì-kúr hostile, hateful thing
túg nì-lám (a kind of garment)
nì-me-ĝar awed silence (qūlu); cheer (rišātu)
nì-MÍ.ÚS.SÁ betrothal gift (Englund, Fischerei 111 n.
357; Steinkeller, Third-Millennium Texts 37f.)
nì-na-me something; nothing (with negated verb)
nì-na(m)-ma everything, all sorts of things
nì-nam - zu to know all, everything
nì-sa-ha fruit
nì-saĝ → nesaĝ
nì-sám/šám price (šīmu) (Steinkeller, Sale Documents
161)
nì-sám-ma(-k) merchandise, purchasing capital;
purchases (šiāmātu) (Steinkeller, Sale Documents 162)
nì-si-sá justice
nì-ŠID → nì-kas7
nì-šu goods, production
nì-tuku wealthy, rich (person); wealth
nì - tuku to be a creditor, lit. "to have something with
(-da-) someone"
nì-ul → nì-du7
nì-zi-ĝál living thing, creature (šiknat napištim); wild
animals (nammaššû) (Tinney, Nippur Lament p. 167f.)
nì-zú-gub lunch, snack
nì-zuh-a stolen thing, theft
ni9-ĝar, niĝar (OS) cella (older reading is niĝìn-ĝar;
current reading is niĝarx ĝar ) (Civil, AV Biggs 26: nasal
/ĝ/ is uncertain) (kummu)
niga grain-fed, grain-fattened (< *nì-gu7-a like lul-da
< *lul-du-a or bar-da < *bar-dù-a)
níĝ → nì
niĝdaba(PAD. d INANNA) (or nindaba, nidba) (food)
offering (see CAD nindabû LL for writings)
níĝin to circle (about), go around, wander about; to
encircle, enclose, surround; to be surrounded with
(OB). Reduplicated imperfective form is probably to
be read ni10-ni10, byform ni5-ni5(NE).
niĝin(-na) total, totality, all together
nìĝin-ĝar → ni9-ĝar
niĝir (conventionally written nimgir) herald, town
crier; bailiff (ES li-bi-ir)
niĝir-si paranymph (susapinnu) (Malul, JESHO 32,
241ff.)
nim, num fly
nim - ĝír to flash lightning
nim-ĝír(-ĝír) (flashing) lightning
giš nimbar (old giš ĝišimmar) date palm The current
reading is in flux. Older sources show /nimbar/,
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