Appendix:Sumerian basic vocabulary

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A basic vocabulary list of Sumerian from Kassian (2014) is given below. Kassian (2014) uses a 110-item wordlist from the Global Lexicostatistical Database, which consists of 100 Swadesh list items, in addition to 10 other words from Sergei Yakhontov's 100-wordlist.

Kassian (2014)

No. Gloss Sumerian
1 all (omnis) NOUN REDUPLICATION
2 ashes dedal ~ didal ⟨DE3-DAL⟩
5 big gal ⟨GAL⟩
6 bird mušen ⟨MUŠEN⟩
8 black giggi ⟨GE6⟩
9 blood mud ⟨MUD⟩, umun ⟨U3-MUN⟩
11 breast gaba ⟨GABA⟩
12 to burn tr. bil ⟨BIL2 ~ BIL3 ~ BIL⟩
16 to come ŋen ⟨ĜEN⟩ (perf.), du ⟨DU⟩ (imperf.)
18 dog ur ⟨UR⟩
19 to drink naŋ ⟨NAĜ⟩
21 ear ŋeštug- ⟨ĝešTUG2 = ĝešTU2 ~ ĝešTUG⟩
22 earth saxar ⟨SAÎAR⟩
23 to eat gu ⟨GU7⟩
25 eye igi ⟨IGI⟩
26 fat n. i ⟨I3⟩
28 fire iʒi ⟨IZI⟩
31 foot ŋiri ⟨ĜIRI3⟩
33 to give šum ⟨ŠUM2⟩
34 good dug- ⟨DUG3 = DU10⟩
37 hand šu ⟨ŠU⟩
38 head saŋ ⟨SAĜ⟩
39 to hear ŋeš tuku ⟨ĜEŠ TUKU⟩ ‘to acquire the ear (?)’
40 heart šag- ⟨ŠAG4 = ŠA3⟩
42 I ŋe ⟨ĜE26⟩
45 to know ʒu ⟨ZU⟩
48 liver ur ⟨UR5⟩, ba ⟨BA3 = EŠ⟩
49 long gid ⟨GID2⟩
50 louse ex ⟨EÎ⟩
51 man lu ⟨LU2⟩
52 many šar ⟨ŠAR ~ ŠAR2⟩
53 meat uʒu ⟨UZU⟩
54 moon itid- ⟨ITID = ITI ~ I3-TI⟩
55 mountain kur ⟨KUR⟩
56 mouth kag- ⟨KAG2 = KA⟩
57 name mu ⟨MU⟩
58 neck gu ⟨GU2⟩
59 new gibil ⟨GIBIL ~ GIBIL4⟩
61 nose kiri ⟨KIRI3⟩
62 not nu- ⟨NU⟩
63 one diš
64 person lu ⟨LU2⟩
65 rain šeŋ ⟨ŠEĜ3⟩ ‘to rain; rain (n.)’
67 road kaskal ⟨KASKAL⟩
71 to say dug- ⟨DUG4 = DU11⟩ (perf.), e ⟨E⟩ (imperf.)
72 to see igi du ⟨IGI DU8⟩ ‘to spread the eye’
74 to sit tuš ⟨TUŠ⟩ (perf.), dur ⟨DUR2⟩ (imperf.)
75 skin kuš ⟨KUŠ⟩
78 smoke ibi ⟨I-BI2⟩
82 sun ud- ⟨UD = U4⟩
85 that =še
86 this =e
87 thou ʒe ⟨ZE2⟩
88 tongue eme ⟨EME⟩
89 tooth ʒu ⟨ZU2⟩
90 tree ŋeš ⟨ĜEŠ⟩
91 two min
92 to go ŋen ⟨ĜEN⟩ (perf.), du ⟨DU⟩ (imperf.)
94 water ay ⟨A⟩
96 what ana ⟨A-NA⟩
98 who aba ⟨A-BA⟩
99 woman munus ⟨MUNUS⟩
106 snake muš ⟨MUŠ⟩
107 thin sal ⟨SAL⟩
110 year mu ⟨MU⟩

See also

References

  1. ^ Kassian, Alexei (2014). "Lexical Matches between Sumerian and Hurro-Urartian: Possible Historical Scenarios". Cuneiform Digital Library Journal (4).
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