Template:Lex/I


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i-i: (reduplicated éd).

i-bí[BIL]: smoke; Emesal dialect for igi, 'face; to see' ('to go out, rise' + 'to burn').

i-dib: threshold; flagstone, slab; device, contrivance ('to go out' + 'to traverse, cross').

i-gi4-in-zu: indeed!; as, like (used in hypothetical comparisons).

i-lu: song, lament, dirge ('cry' + 'to multiply').

i-lu...du11/e: to sing a dirge ('dirge' + 'to speak, sing').

i(-r): (cf., ir).

i-ti: (cf., itud).

i-si-iš: complaint; lament (cf., isiš2,3).

i-si-iš...gtildear: to wail (to someone: dative) (isiš2,3, 'moaning' + 'to set').

i-si-iš...lá: to sit in anguish (isiš2,3, 'moaning' + 'to hang').

i-dutu: outcry; complaint; cry for justice; 'Oh, Shamash!' ('cry' + divine determinative + 'god of justice').

i-zi: waves (cf., iz-zi) ('to go out, rise' + 'to rise, go out').

í-kú: inclined angle, inclination (e.g., 45 degrees - the angle formed by animals eating fodder).

ì-áb: fat of cows, cream (?) ('fat' + 'cow').

ì-áb-sè-ga: clarified butter, ghee (Old Sumerian) ('cow fat' + 'to make flat [by boiling away the water]').

ì-bí-la: (cf., ibila).

ì-dub: storage jugs, pitchers ('oil' + 'to store, heap up').

ì-dùg(-ga), ì-du10-ga: perfume; good oil ('oil' + 'sweet').

ì-dùg-nun(-na), ì-du10-nun(-na): cream; perfume ('oil' + 'sweet' + 'fine').

(lú)ì-duh/du8: janitor; porter; door keeper (impersonal verbal conjugation prefix + 'residue, waste').

ì-gu-la): perfumed oil ('oil' + 'flax' + 'beauty, desire').

ì-gtildeiš: sesame oil ('oil' + 'tree').

ì-HI-nun(-na): (cf., ì-dùg-nun(-na); hé-nun; hi-nun).

ì-ir-a: ointment ('oil' + 'perfume' + nominative).

ì-ku6: fish oil ('oil' + 'fish').

ì-lah4: a profession (impersonal verbal prefix + 'to fling away').

ì-lí: fine oil (jar) ('oil' + 'true measure; fine oil').

ì-nun: butter; clarified butter, ghee (Neo-Sumerian) ('fat, oil' + 'noble').

ì-rá-rá: ointment mixer ('fat' + reduplicated 'to stir, mix').

ì-sagtilde: best, fine oil ('oil' + 'prime').

ì-si-na: (cf., e-si-na).

ì-šah: pig lard ('fat' + 'pig').

ì-ti: moonlight (cf., itud).

ì-udu: fat, tallow ('fat' + 'sheep').

i5-gtildear[KA.gtildcapAR]: to promise, predict; ominous remark (inim, 'word' + 'to make, establish').

ib-si8[DI]: square ('eye' + 'to crack open').

íb-dam-za: anger ('to be angry' + dum-dam...za, 'to grumble').

íb-lal: underwear (?) ('hips' + 'to hang, stretch, extend').

íb-tag4: leftover ('middle' + 'to disregard').

kušíb-ùr: (cf., kuše-íb-ùr).

íd-a-dug: irrigation project ('canal' + 'water' + 'vessel').

(gtildeiš)ig-šu-úr...DU: to bolt the door ('door' + 'hand' + 'base' + 'to go').

igi-a-a-na-šè: before his father ('front' + 'father' + ni-a(k), 'his + genitive' + terminative suffix, 'unto').

igi...bad: to open one's eyes ('eye' + 'to open').

igi-bala: traitor, turncoat; shiftiness ('eyes' + 'to turn, change, revolt').

igi...bar: to look at ('eye' + 'to open').

igi-zi...bar: to choose; to legitimate ('to look at' + 'legitimate; to strengthen').

igi-dagtildeal: wide seeing eyes ('eyes' + 'wide').

igi(-šè)...dib(2): to pass in front of/before ('face' + terminative suffix + 'to pass by').

igi-hul...dím: to put the evil eye (on someone) ('eye' + 'evil' + 'to fashion').

igi-du: adj. for a lead animal; leader (also read as palil) ('front' + 'to walk').

igi-šè...du: to walk in front of ('to the front' + 'to walk').

igi...dù: to be on the lookout for (with -ši-) ('eye' + 'to raise erect').

igi...du8: to see (often with -ni- or bi-); to spy; to witness ('eye' + 'to crack open').

igi-du8-a: visibility (of the moon) ('to see' + nominative).

igi(-tur)...gíd: to despise, look upon with disfavor or anger ('eye, face' + 'little' + 'to lengthen'; cf., sagtilde-ki...gíd).

igi-gu4: a stylized biconvex geometric figure constructed from 120 degree arcs ('eye' + 'ox').

igi...gub: to look at ('eye' + 'to set').

igi-gub(-ba): coefficient ('inverse' + 'fixed').

igi-gùn-gùn: flashing eyes ('eyes; face' + 'to sparkle; to have on makeup').

igi...gtildeál: to (be able to) see; to understand; to look upon (often with -ši-) ('eye' + 'to place [into]').

igi-4-gtildeál: 1/4.

igi-6-gtildeál: 1/6.

igi-gtildeál(-la): clever, intelligent ('eye' + 'to place [into]' + nominative).

igi...gtildear: to face, look at (with -ši- adds intensity to the gaze); to appear before someone ('eye; face' + 'to set').

IGI-gtildcapAR(-m): review, inspection, supervision.

igi...íl: to direct the eyes to (with -ši-, at a specific object); to view; to look over ('eyes' + 'to lift').

igi-íl-la: choice ('eyes' + 'to lift' + nominative).

igi...kár: to look upon; to examine, inspect; to select (often with -ši-) ('eyes' + 'to illuminate').

igi-lá: (cf., igi-tùm-lá).

igi...lal: to close one's eyes ('eyes' + 'to diminish, retreat').

igi-mè(-/ak/): before the battle; vanguard ('before; front' + 'battle' + genitive).

igi-nígtildein: treachery ('eye' + 'to wander, turn away').

igi-nim(-ma): upper country - from Sumer either the east or the northwest ('to face' + 'east').

igi-nu-du8(-a): blind person - a slave; unskilled worker ('eye' + 'not' + 'to crack open').

igi...si(-g): to see ('eyes' + 'to fill').

igi-sìg-sìg[PA-PA]: an insulting face ('face' + reduplicated 'to strike, knock down'; cf., ka-sìg).

igi-sig5: pulverized (onions) (cf., mun-gazi) ('eye' + 'to be good').

igi-su: (cf., i-gi4-in-zu).

igi...suh: to stare with wide-open eyes ('eyes' + 'to pop out').

igi-X-šè: in the presence of X ('face, front' + X + terminative suffix).

igi...te-en: to unite ('eyes' + 'to soften, allay').

igi-te-en: fraction; proportions; symmetry.

igi-tùm-lá: coveting, longing, greedy eyes; a starving person ('eyes' + 'to obtain, carry away' + 'to weigh').

igi-u4-è-a: facing the sunrise, facing east ('face; before' + dutu-è, 'sunrise' + locative).

igi...ùru: to be on guard, vigilant ('eyes' + 'to watch, guard').

igi-zàgtilde-gtildeá; igi-zàg-ga: select, precious ('eyes' + 'to choose' + nominative).

igi-zé-zé: dry-eyed (?) ('eyes' + 'to cut, shear, pluck'; Akk. ,suhhutum means 'pressed out').

igi-zu: (cf., i-gi4-in-zu).

íl-lá: elevation ('to lift' + 'to hang'; cf., dùn-lá, 'depression').

íldag[A-AM]-zi-da: pleasant poplar tree ('poplar tree' + 'good').

im-ba: loss ('the paid out').

im-babbar(2): gypsum; whitewash ('clay' + 'white').

IM...dirig: (cf., ní...dirig).

im-dù-a; im-du8-a: wall of rammed earth; adobe wall ('mud' + 'to build, erect' + nominative).

im-dugud: lump of earth or metal (cf., agtildearx) ('clay, earth' + 'weight').

im-gíd-da: small, one column tablet ('clay tablet' + 'long' + 'side').

im-gtildeíri: lightning storm ('storm' + 'lightning flash').

im-ha-mun: a dark-colored earth used for a high-contrast dye ('clay, earth' + 'contrasting'; cf. also, im-ri-ha-mun).

im-hul: evil wind ('wind' + 'evil').

im-lá: container; width ('clay' + 'to hold').

im-lag: clump of clay ('clay' + 'piece').

im-ma: last, previous (year) ('the named').

im-ma-al: milk cow (cf., immal(2)).

im-ma...gub: to register on a clay tablet ('clay tablet' + locative + 'to write down'; cf., im-šu-gub).

im-ma-si-im-ma-diri-ga: 'it is too much' - the scream of suffering men or of women in travail (a deverbalized fixed form).

im-mar-tu: westwind ('wind' + 'western desert').

im-me: to be the one for (ì + me + a).

im...mir: to be windy ('wind' + 'storm wind').

im-nun: edge of the civilized world ('writing tablet' + 'great').

im-ri-ha-mun: storm, whirlwind ('weather' + 'to blow' + 'mutually opposing').

im-ru(-a), im-ri(-a): relatives, family, clan ('the sent out').

im-sa12-ti-um: eastwind ('wind' + 'eastern mountains').

im-sar(-ra): clay tablet; document ('clay' + 'to write' + nominative).

im-si-sá: northwind ('wind' + 'straight').

im...šègtilde: to rain ('storm' + 'to rain').

im-šu: paragraph, section, extract (on a tablet) ('clay tablet' + 'portion').

im-šu-gub: list tablet ('sections' + 'to write down'; cf., im-ma...gub).

im-šu-rin-na: oven.

IM×TAK4; IM.TAK4; TAK4; TAK4.IM: to cut; to be cut out.

im-u18-lu: southwind ('wind' + 'storm').

in...bu5-bu5: to blow away the straw/chaff ('straw' + redup. 'to blow'; cf., bul).

in-dal: chaff ('straw' + 'to fly').

in...dé-a: cleaning straw after winnowing ('straw' + 'to pour' + nominative).

in-dub: marked out border ('straw' + 'to heap up').

in(-nu)(-šè)...dúb: to insult; to taunt (with -ni-) ('insult' ( + terminative suffix) + 'to knock down').

in-ga-: again; equally (frequently follows -gim).

in-ga-na-nam: it is also ('equally' + emphatic + 'to be').

in-na: insult.

in-nam-gíd-da: storehouse (rare variant of uš-gíd-da).

in-nu: negation (cf., an-na, 'yes').

in-nu(-da): straw ('straw' + nud, 'bed' + genitive).

inim...bala: to have a conversation; to interpret; to translate ('words' + 'to revolve').

inim-búr-ra: breach of treaty ('words' + 'to dissolve, loosen' + nominative).

inim-dirig: excessive words, arrogance, hubris ('words' + 'to exceed').

inim-dùg: good word ('word' + 'sweet, good').

inim...dug4/du11/e: to say ('words' + 'to speak').

inim...gi4: to answer (with dative prefix and -ni-); to call back one's word (with bi-) ('word' + 'to return').

inim-sig...gu7(-gu7): to (produce) slander ('word' + 'low; small' + 'to consume'; cf., eme-sig...gu7).

inim...gtildear: to bring an action against someone (before the court); to claim ('word' + 'to set, fix').

inim-inim-ma: compositions; wisdom ('word' + 'word' + genitive ?).

inim...kígtilde: to seek or find the right word ('word' + 'to seek, fetch').

inim...ku5(-r): to swear ('word' + 'to cut, curse').

inim-ma...sè(-g)[SUM]: to imagine, conceive an idea ('in a word' + 'to place').

inim-sig-ga: slander ('word' + 'low; small' + nominative).

inim...šár: to search for clarification ('word' + 'to request, implore').

inim-šùd(-da): a word of prayer ('word' + 'to pray' + nominative).

inim-zu: one who knows the (proper) words; learned ('words' + 'to know').

ir-si-im; ir-sim: fragrant aroma, scent ('perfume' + 'to fill up' + 'wind'; no indication of Afroasiatic cognates).

ír: (cf., ér).

is-háb: fool ('organ' + 'foul-smelling').

(gtildeiš)IŠ-gi4: a tool.

iz-zi[gtildcapIŠ-ZI]; iz-zi8[gtildcapIŠ-KAL]: house wall; fire; current, flood ('wood' + 'to rise up'; cf., é-sig4).

izi-gi6-eden-na: shadow ('fire' + 'night' + 'steppe; spine').

izi-lá: torch ('fire' + 'to raise up').

izi...lá: to purify with fire ('fire' + 'to raise up').

izi...ne-ne(-r): to fan the fire ('fire' + reduplicated nir, 'to winnow').

izi...sìg[PA]: to set on fire ('fire' + 'to knock down, demolish').

izi...šub: to hurl fire ('fire' + 'to throw').

izi...te: fire approaches ('fire' + 'to approach').

izi...te-en: to extinguish or calm a fire ('fire' + 'to calm, extinguish').

ízi[KI-IZI]-ur5: coal ('fire-place' + 'liver, soul').