Elementary Sumerian Glossary

30 bar sila4-gaba-ka-ka. See also Archi-Pomponio,
Drehem No. 40; Selz, FAOS 15/1 p. 379.
sila11(ĝ), silaĝ(ŠID) to knead
sila11-ĝá dough
silig → šilig
silim to be well, whole, healthy, safe, at peace, in good
condition; to fulfill an office or term
silim(-eš) - du11 to greet, salute; to boast (Attinger,
Eléments 673-678)
silim-ma adj. whole, well; in good condition (as of
plows in Nik I 287); n. well-being
silim-ma Be well! (imperative)
simug smith
sim mušen swallow (sinuntu) (Veldhuis, Education 279-
280)
sipa(d) shepherd; chief shepherd
sír → zi(r)
sir5, šir5 to spin wool
sis(ŠEŠ) (ses) v. and adj. (to be) bitter, brackish, saline
(for a reading zahx see Steinkeller, NABU 2007 p. 18)
sisi(ANŠE.KUR.RA), anše sí-sí (Ur III) horse
sískur, sízkur (a kind of prayer or rite)
su body; kin, family (e.g. Gilg. & Huwawa A 144);
substance (of the country) (cf. kuš)
su(b), su-ub, sub, sub6(TAG) to rub, wipe, scrub,
polish; to reap; to smear on (ASJ 11, 213; 8, 12); to
suck, suckle
su(g) to replace, repay
su(g) → sù(g)
su-bar the outside of the body
su-din mušen , šu4-din mušen bat (sutinnu) (Veldhuis,
Education 281)
su-GAN, sù-GAN (a kind of copper?)
su-kalam(-ma) well-being of the nation
su-lim awesome light, brilliance
su - zi(g) to have goose flesh, become frightened
su-zi fear, dread
su-zi - ri to lay fear upon, strike fear into
sù(d) (sud) or sù to sprinkle, spatter (elēhu, zarāqu,
zalāhu); to decorate (ulluhu); to overlay, adorn (zânu)
sù(dr), sud(r) to be(come) distant, remote (in time or
space); to extend, prolong, elongate; to be long-lived or
long-lasting
sù(dr), sud-rá distant, remote
sù(g) (sug4), su(g) to be empty, deserted; to be naked
sù(-ga), su(-ga) empty, deserted, desolate; naked,
plucked
sù(g), su(g) to sink (as of boats)
sù(g) to be full, filled with (-a) (var. of si(g)); to be
(richly) equipped or embellished with; to wear (a
beard); to be served food (see ú - sù(g))
sud-rá-áĝ (yellowish) gleam (said of moonlight);
amber; electrum(?)
su4 → si4
su6 (sum4) beard
su6 - lá to wear a beard
su8(b) → du
su8(g) → gub
subur, šubur servant, slave (meaning derived from
gentilic 'Subarian'; the form with /š/ is late) (Civil, AV
Biggs 30; Gelb, AV Diakonoff 89f.)
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