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SUMERIAN and INDO-EUROPEANL -
ZLexical Equivalence on the basis of Latvian
SUMERIAN - L |
LATVIAN - L |
LA, LAL be high, hold, lift, carry, hang, weigh, deduce,
strap, harness, bind, load, lessen, light, deficient, minus,
accuse, denounce, to fall back, retreat LACH, LUCH clean,
wash, sweep LUGUD pus, serous LA(L)U debt, owed
amount LAMMA female spirit of good fortune LI juniper/cedar
tree (see ERIN-) LIRUM, LIRU, LIRI physical strength,
strong, powerful (origin of word LORD) LU many, much,
numerous, man, men, people LUNGA 2,3 LUMGI 2,3 NINGI
2,3 brewer |
LAI so that, may, allow, in order that LAIst let go,
lessen, retreat, to fall back LIEL big, large, high, great,
important LIELas to brag, make oneself big LIEtuo to use
something LIJ-, LIET- pour liquid over retained
even in English as LIQUID AL(A)GA wage, earnings LAIMA
goddess of luck LIE-pa linden tree LIELAM, LIELU, LIELI big,
large, strong (see LIEL above) LAU-dis
people LAUNAGs afternoon meal, drink, picnic JAUK- mix,
brew |
SUMERIAN - M |
LATVIAN - M |
MA 3, GA go MA 4 leave, go out MASH interest, rent,
profit, yield ME power, office, responsibility, decree,
oracle, we, our MELI throat EME tongue, speech MEN 2,3 myself
, the I self MISH, MESH, MES young man prince, son, elm
(?) tree MI, ME black MU, MA 5 to mill, grind MUDLA, MADLU,
MUDUL pole, stake MUG, MUK chisel, hew, carve MUG nakedness,
pudenda MURGU 2 neck, back, shoulders MURUB vulva, woman,
sexual charm MURUB 4,10 central, median area, hips MURUB
battle MUSH snake, reptile MUSH 4 a biting insect MUSHEN
bird |
EIMI, EJAM, EJA to go MAKSA yield, pay, MAISS
pouch ME-S we, MUS- we, our AMA-TS office MELE
tongue, speech MAN me, to me, mine MEITA daughter, MASA
sister MEDZ- create MEZHS forest MEL- black MAL
grind MIET-, MIETELE pole, stake MALKA wood, MEZHS forest,
wood MAKs, MUKs pouch, pudenda MUGURA back MILIBA love
MIESIBA of the flesh MERIBA (long e) measurement MIERIBA
peace MUDZis, MUKT snake, crawler MUSHA a fly MUSHINA
fly |
SUMERIAN - N |
LATVIAN - N |
NA kill NA 4 pebble, stone, token NE;
NI, NA human being, he, she, that one, self, body IN
he, she NUD,
NAD to lie with Sivan's work on the Northwest Semitic texts for various
consonantal and vocalic shifts indicates vocalism at the
beginning of words was added later, as in Hebrew. NI-GIN stillborn child
NI-GIN 2,3
vertigo
NIDBA
2 food offering (NIG/NI + DA + BA) is CORRECT ! NI-GIN halt, turn, surround, capacity especially of
cattle (NI, NE 4 + GIN) NI-SIG, NISSA greens,
vegetation |
NAve, NAvet death, kill NAU-DA, NAUDAS
money VIEN-, VIN-, VINA, VINI, VINsh, VINU, VIENU,
etc. Lithuanian AN-, ANA he, she, one also AINA,
VAINA,VANNA VIENUOT to unite, join together
NE no, also as a
prefixed particle NE- of negation in word formation NA,
NU
NE-DZIM, NE-DZIVs not born, not
alive NE-ZIN, NESAMANA vertigo NUO- prefix from, off, out of,
with, for NUODEVA offering NUO-DZEN, NUO-DZIN drive
off, brush off, drive cattle, cut off NUO-SEGA, NUO-SEDZ
covering |
There is no O in Sumerian. Latvian has an "O"
but it is an "UO" pronounced as
"WUAH" |
SUMERIAN - P |
LATVIAN - P |
PA 4,5,6 ditch, small canal PU well, cistern,
pool PA, PAD seek, find, choose, call, swear, take an
oath, declare PAB, PAP, PA 4, ABBA father, brother
man PALA 2,3 clothing (gods, rulers) PARA, BARA, PAR, BAR pass
over stretch out, spread out PESH 7 child, son PESH
4, 13 be pregnant, conceive PESH womb |
UPE river
PET-, PAUT-, PAUD-, BAUD- investigate,
study, check, test, research PAP-, PAPA father
PALAgs
cloth, sheet PAR, PARI over, above, pass above
PEC after,
following PUIKA boy PISA has many sexual
connotations PEZHA womb
(vulgar) |
There is no Q in Sumerian or
Latvian |
SUMERIAN - R |
LATVIAN - R |
RA strike, stab, stir, stamp, measure, RI throw, cast,
place, put, break, expel, remove, beget, take, plan RIG
mace, weapon RIG govern, manage, tend RIG 5,7 deed, grant,
list RU give, send, present, gift |
RUO-KA, hand Lithuanian RA-NKA RI-KUO handle, act,
organize RAK- to dig LIEK put, place RIK- tool,
weapon RIKUO, RAKst- handel, manage, tend RIK- tool LIK-
determine, place, set RUO-KA, hand, hand over
to |
SUMERIAN - S |
LATVIAN - S |
SA 6, SHA 6, SHAG 5, SIG 6, SIG 5 sweet, good,
pleasant SA sinew, cord, net, mat SA 4 to name,
call SA 5, SA 11, SIR SI 4, SU 4, red red-brown, red
ocher SAG + TIN herbalist (see SUCHUSH) SAG head, point,
first, present, human SIKI, SIG hair, wool, fur,
hide SAGSHU cap, headdress SAM, SHAM, SA 10 price,
buy/sell SUM give, lend SE 12 SIG 7 pale,
yellow-green, create, live SED, SED 7,11 repose, calm,
abate SEG snow, ice SEG 4 frost, cold , chills
CHALBA, CHALBI frost, freezing SEG 6 heat, cook, boil, be
hot SHA to dry up SHAB subtract, apportion, gather SHAG 4,
SHA intestines, heart, midst SHAKIR/-AR, butter tub, milk
jug, butter churn SHE barley, grain SHED 3,4,5 be
together, join, link SHIBIR shepherd's staff, scepter SHIR,
SHER to shine brightly SHIR, SIR 4 testicles SHIR, SHUR sing,
song, lament SHITA clean, priest SHITA clear water, channel,
canal SHITA mace SHITA 4 bind, band, bound SHITA 5 a type
of vessel SHU hand, share, portion, bundle SHUB cast, throw,
fall, remove SHUBA, SHUB 7 be bathed, clean SHUD, SHU 12, SUB
pray, bless SHUDUN 2,3,4,5 SHUDUL 2,3,4,5 yoke,
crosspiece SHUKUR spear, lance SHURUN 4,5 cricket,
cockroach SHUSHUANA sixth ASH 3,4,8 six SIG low, small, weak,
late SIG 3,11 SAG 2,3 SI chop (trees) strike, damage,
shake, crush, blow SIG 4 sun-dried brick, wall SIG 9 to
be narrow SIGGA, SIG 14, SHEG 8,9 boar SHACH domestic
pig SILA 3 street, path, trail, road SILA measure of capacity
- 0.842 liter SILIM to be good, healthy SU 6 beard SU your,
yours i.e. pronouns ZU, ZA you (singular) SUB to suck,
suckle (i.e. to teeth) SUCH 2,3,5 uproot, displace SUCH
carefully chosen SUCHUSH roots, support, foundation
SUG,
SUB, SU 8 lead out, travel (herd) SU body, naked SUL 4, SUL 7
threshing floor, grain pile SU-N4 chin SUNIN, SUMUN, SUN old,
rot, past SU 9 SHA 4 mourn, red ocher SA 5 SUR,
SHUR rain, flow, drink, gleam SUR 8, ZAR tap, pour, spout,
flow SUSBU clean, bathed, a priest SUSH 2,3 anoint SUSH 2,
SHU 2,4 overthrow, throw SUSH sit down, to reside |
SALDS sweet, good pleasant SEJ- bind,
tie SAUC, SAC-, SAK- call, to name SARkans red (short u) SARt
(long u) glow, fire, campfire, blush, show red SAK-
begin, (long a) SAKNE root SEG, SEDZ, SEJA, SAKA cover
cover, face, beginning SIKI thin SEGSHU, SEGUOSHU
cover CHAM-, CHEM-, CHUM- (old) modern CEN- price,
bunch, handful DZI-, ZI-, (D)ZIL-, ZAL, ZEL life,
create, blue, green, yellow SED sits, reposes, relaxes SNIEG-,
SEGA snow, cover (SAG) SALA, SALI , SALST frost,
cold SALIBA freezing SVILt, SU-T stew, braise,
burn SAUSS dry CHAP-, CHUPA heap, amount, pile IEK-SHA
innards, in the midst, inside SAKRAJ collect saKREJums
cream SIERs cheese SEJA that sown CIET together,
joined, linked ZHUBUR prong, stick, branch DZIRk-
spark DZIE-DZERI- glands, testicles DZIR-, DZIED, SERUO sing,
lament CITigs- (long i) clean, diligent DZIDrs clear water,
DZIT- channel SITA to strike SIETA tied, bound SIETS, SIETA
sieve SAUJA hand, handfull, SAInis bundle SHUP- push, swing
-German SCHUB CHUBinat take care off, caress, groom SVET- holy
SVAB- free(dom) JUG-, JUDZIN- yoke ZHUOG-,
ZHUODZINS- confine, enclosure SHKEPURis spear, lance,
crook CIRCENis cricket, cockroach SESHAINA sixth SESH
six SIKs tiny SEK- late, following SIT hit, strike, hurt,
damage ZAGE saw SUOD punish SIE-NA wall
SHAUR- narrow CUKA swine, SIV-ENS pig(let)
CUKA swine CELA, IELA road, street, path, way SILA, SILE
trough VE-SELAM healthy USA, USU (of) whiskers JUSU,
SHA, SHAI, SHI, SHUO, SHIE-M, SHI-NI, TU, TA
pronouns SUK suck, suckle SUODS punishment SAUC call,
choose in this sense SAK- SAKAS beginnings SAKNE
SAKTINA- root, rooter SEKUO follow (a leader) SEGA covering,
skin SEJA face KUL, KULET thresh ZUODS chin SEN-, SENIN,
SENAM old, long ago SER- sorrow SHALt rain SULA juice DZER-
drink SULA juice SAUSIBU of being dry SAUSS
dry ZIES-, IEZIEST anoint SVIEZH-
throw, throw down SEZH
sits |
SUMERIAN - T |
LATVIAN - T |
TA to, for, from, nature, character TAB two, pair,
companion TAB sting, fever, burn, tremble TAG hold, handle,
touch, weave, adorn, strike, hit, start fire, fish,
hunt TAK 4, TAG 4 abandon, leave TAR decide, determine,
inquire TESHLUG small young animal, fledgling TIL, TI life,
live, survive, dwell TU 5,17 wash, bathe, make libation TUG,
TU 9 cloth, woven garment TUK, DUK, TUG acquire, receive TUD,
TU beget, make, fashion TUKUN immediately, at once TUR 5, TU
pigeon GIRISH butterfly |
TA demons. pronoun - it, its, that, to DUBult , DIV-
double , two ABI both SAP pain, hurt, sting, be injured TAI-sa
to make, complete, build, open TAU-sta touch DUO give,
hand to TEC, TEK run, flow, pass by, move on DAR-, CER- does,
considers TELSH calf DZI- life,live, survive, dwell TUP
squat auDEKlis woven garment, cloth TIK, TIEK, TIEKU become,
receive DUO, DUOT gives, results in TAGAD, TULIN now, at
once DUJA pigeon, TAURis
butterfly |
SUMERIAN - U |
LATVIAN - U |
UB 4 cavity, hole, pitfall UBILLA 2 soot UCH lice,
insect, parasite, vermin UD, U 4 sun, light, day, time,
when since, storm (demon) UDU sheep UTUA 2 ram UZ
she-goat US 5, U 8 mother ewe KIR 11 lamb UG 6, U 6
look, gaze UG 5,7,8 die, death, kill (KAU-) UGA,UKU
people UKUSH cucumber ULUSHIN emmer beer ULUTIN attractive,
attention-getting UMUSH, USH 4 intelligence knowledge
ability, discernment UR roof, entrance, mountain
pass (faulty transcription) URI 2,5 URIM 2,5
door(post) (faulty transcription) URU watch, guard,
light, luminous object URUDU copper see also VAR- URUM, URU 6,
URU 7 kin, spawn UR, URGU dog, carnivorous beast URIN
eagle URU 4 to plough, cultivate URUGAL the netherworld (uru +
gal) ARALI, ARALA the netherworld US follow, drive,
come near, be next to, lean against, side, edge, length,
distance US-AN evening USH blood USH, USH 8 support, base,
foundation USSU 2,3 eight NW Semitic TJAMANE SHAMANE
Egyptian KEMEN- eight |
AP-SA hole IEPELI, PELI ashes, soot, gray-colored UODS
gnat, UODZE viper KAD when,GAD year GAITA course JUOD
devil AITA, AITU sheep AUNs ram AZ-, AZHA he-goat
JER- lamb ACS, ACI- eye, in the eye of GULA reclining,
in a fallen position IK, IKI, IKU which (persons) IEKUOZH bite
GURKIS cucumber ALUTINs, ALUSHINS beer dim. (ie)LUTIN-
spoil(ed), pampered IEMAC-, MAK, MEDZ, learn, talent,
ability, make, create, teach KURms, KALns, KURma roof,
mountain (pass), elevation DUR, DURI, DURIM relating
to the door RE, IERE-DZE sight , observation RUDU VARA
copper metal VAIRUO, VAIRUM multiply, increase URKis digger,
burrower, clawed beast ARANIS eagle (Lithuanian), ERGLIS AR,
ARA, ARUOt plow, cultivate ARU GAL- outside end of
ARELE outside UZ independent word also used as a
directional prefix - to, on, in, at, with UZ ENAS PUSI toward
eve, shadows AS-INIS blood UZ on AS-TONI eight,
Old.Prussian (Baltic) AS-meni eight, i.e. AS-MEN-
eight |
There is no V in Sumerian, but similar
Latvian V-words are found in Sumerian starting with B or
U. There is no W, X or Y in Sumerian or
Latvian. |
SUMERIAN - Z |
LATVIAN - Z |
ZA 2 stone, rock, precious stone, hailstone, pit,
kernel ZACH 2,3 flee, be lost, perish ZAG, ZA shoulder, right
side, border ZAR 5, SIR 5, SUR spin, twine ZE cut, shear ZI
breathing, breath (of life), soul ZID, ZI right (hand), good,
true, legitimate (transcription faulty) ZIG, ZI go
out ZIZ a crop-devouring insect ZIZNA, fish roe ZUBU, ZUBI
sickle ZIB 2 mark, stamp, brand ZU know, understand,
wisdom ZU tooth, ivory, flint, obsidian, glass ZUCH steal, rob
AZAG taboo |
ASSA, sharp ASmenis blade, edge AK-MENIS rock,
stone ZUD-, ZUDIS, ZAUD lost, perish SANI side (of
something) ZAR- sprout, branch out, twine CER cut,
shear DZI-VE life, breathe (life) IST-, ISTS (long
i) true, real, legitimate Egyptian ISIS IZEJA, IZIET
out-go, go out, EXit SISenis grasshopper ZIVs, ZIVINA
dim. fish roe IKRI ZHUBUR- prong ZUOB- edge CIPars mark,
sign, number ZIN- know, understand, wisdom ZUO-BS tooth
(<AS-SU sharp) ZAG, IEZAG thievery, ZAIME
sin |
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