SUMERIAN - TURKISH COMPARISON LIST
(WITH 200 CONCEPT GROUP ENGLISH WORDS)
by
Polat Kaya
(Part 2 of 5)
ENGLISH | SUMERIAN | TURKISH |
47 TO FIGHT
-- struggle, fight, quarrel to be angry battle war hostility, war |
--
-- du 14 du 14 dug, duk me3 gudibir gug 5 |
atis^-mak, didis^-, dövüs^-, güres^-, süngüs^-
[HNO, 854],
savas^-, vurus^- didis^ = struggle; dövüs^ = fight; dövüs^ = quarrel döv-mek = to beat -- harp, cenk = battle, war gür-es^-mek = to wrestle |
48 FIRE
fire strike, start a fire fever beam, ray |
--
izi tag t>ç tag t>ç dih2 dalla |
ot/od, atas^
îsî = heat; kîz-gîn = hot; çak-mak = drive a nail by striking çak-mak (tas^î) = flint stone -- -- |
49 FISH
fish a fish ? |
--
ku6, ha h>b gir |
balîk
bal-îk = fish sün-ger = sponge |
50 FIVE
five |
--
ia2 |
bes^, bis^
bes^, bis^ = 5 |
51 TO FLOAT
bridge, ferry float -- waterfowl |
--
id-dir dirig -g>-n -- us |
yüzmek
köprü derin (tering [AVG, 299, IZEy,180]) = deep water; dur-an = not moving kaz = goose |
52 TO FLOW
ditch, drain -- -- flow, pour, spout -- -- -- |
--
sur, zal -- -- sur 8 sur 8 sur 8 zal? |
akmak
sur (duvar) = surrounding wall; arik (ark, irmak, su yolu [IZEy, 37]) = ditch ar-ku (nehir, dere [AVG, 261]) = river, brook suv (su) = water, river; sür = push, move something forward; sür = move animals from one area to another sal = raft |
53 FLOWER
fruit, flower -- |
--
gurun sar (plant) |
çiçek
yemis^, meyve; çiçek -- |
54 TO FLY
to fly a flying insect |
--
dal nim n>s |
uçmak
uçmak; dal = fly (Mongol) [FH] cibin, mil-çek = fly |
55 FOG
fog, mist, haze eclipsed, darkened mistiness |
--
muru 9 m>b gid-im 6 bir r>s |
duman, çen, pus, sis, bulut
bulut = cloud, fog -- pus (sis, duman [IZEy, 561]) = mist |
56 FOOT
foot foot race |
--
g~iri3 dal |
ayak, adak
gir = enter; yürü = walk kos^u |
57 FOUR
four, female |
--
limmu 2,4,5 |
dört
dört = 4 ; eme = woman |
58 TO FREEZE
to freeze |
--
s^eg~4 [?] |
donmak
sog~-uk = cold; don-mak = to freeze |
59 FRUIT
fruit -- |
--
gurun -- |
yemis^, meyve
kurut (kurutulmus^ yogurt [IZEy, 450] = dried yogurt balls; kuru yemis^ = dried fruits; ku-rut-mak = to dry |
X7 FULL
fill, full, increase to be full -- |
--
si de de |
do-lu
sil-me (ag~zîna kadar dolu) = full up to the brim doy-mak = to be full; dol-dur-mak = to fill |
60 TO GIVE
to give bear, give birth give, pay, apportion |
--
sumu tu, tud ba |
vermek, sunmak
sun-mak = to give, to deliver ta-s^i-mak=to bear; tog~ur-mak = to give birth [IZEy, 193] bar (ver) = give; öde = pay; |
61 GOOD
glad (Gordon) good, fine, strong mild, silent, good good, true, firm to be good, healthy sweet, good, glad good, pleasant |
--
dug3 d>y es-ig, esi s^ig 5 g>s zi, zid d>g sil-im dug, du 10 sa 6 |
iyi, yeg~, edgü, esen
yeg~, edgü = good [HNO, 791, 890] edgü (iyi) = good, fine ses-siz = silent sag~ = good, true -- tat-li; edgü = good sag~ (sag~-lam) = in good state, unbroken or undamaged |
62 GRASS
grass folliage, buds sprout, shoot |
--
u2 pa bil |
ot, çimen
ot; î (nebat, ekin, orman [AVG, 273]) = plant, growing grain, forest fi-liz = new shoots, buds fi-liz = sprout, shoots |
63 GREEN
yellow-green blue |
--
sig7 gin3 |
yas^il, yes^il (ter yes^illik [IZEy, 655])
sarî = yellow gök= blue, sky |
64 GUTS
intestines, gut lower abdomen stomack, pouch |
--
s^a 3.g, s^a has^ tun |
bag~irsak, barsak, kursak
bag~irsak karîn tor-ba = pouch, bag |
65 HAIR
body hair head hair -- beard -- tail shaggy hair, long |
--
su suhur h>k suhur sul, su 6 -- kun n>y guz |
saç, sakal, kîl
kîl = body hair sa-kál = beard; saç = head hair -- sa-kal = beard; sal, çal (yas^lî kimse [KTLS, 974]) = old (man) kuy-ruk yele = mane |
66 HAND
hand hand, fist |
--
s^u kis-ib |
el
el = hand; parmak = finger yum-ruk = fist |
67 HE
he/she he/she male |
--
a.ne in ni-tah ? |
O
anî, onu = 3rd p. pr. accusative form an, o = he, she, it ata = father, male |
68 HEAD
head, wise head, wise -- skull, top of head |
--
sag~ sag~ -- ugu |
bas^, tepe, kafa, kelle
Ak sak-al = elder man, wise man, saga sag~lam düs^ünen = wise sag~îr (ses duymayan [IZEy, 572]) = deaf bas^tasi= skull; tepe = top of head |
69 TO HEAR
hear, understanding noise, sound noise, sound listen, harken, heed secret |
--
g~is^..tuku [ñes] gu gurgur aka hal |
is^itmek, dinlemek
es^it = hear, understand gür-ül-tü = noise gür-le-me = noise [IZEy, 304] -- -- |
70 HEART
heart heart -- suck |
--
s^a3.g s^a3.g -- sub b>r |
yürek, gönül (köngül), kalb/kalp [IZEy, 367]
yürek/ürek; sag~-lam (diri, güclü, güvenli [IZEy, 571]) = alive, sound in body, strong, trustworthy [RDH1] sor-mak = to suck |
71 HEAVY
massive, heavy heavy, thick, strong |
--
dugud kul |
ag~îr
ag~îr kal-in = heavy, thick, strong |
72 HERE
here |
--
ki..ne-a |
burada, buraya
bura, burada, buraya |
73 TO HIT
to hit, beat to hit, beat -- -- to strike, stamp |
--
tud2, tu 10/11.b tud2, tu 10/11.b -- -- ru |
vurmak, dövmek
döv-mek (tög-üs^, döy-mek) = to hit, to beat teg~-mek (deymek) to touch; tok-mak, tok-aç = mallet, stick for beating out washing tok-us^-mak = to hit each other, head to head butting. ur-mak, vur-mak = to strike; darp etmek= to stamp out |
74 TO HOLD, TAKE
to hold, take to hold, take to hold, take to hold, take -- |
--
ha.za dab5, b>y tuku tuku -- |
tutmak, yakalamak, almak
yaka-lamak = to catch dey-mek = to touch tok-un-mak (dok-un-mak) = to touch toka = hand shake tut-mak = to hold |
X8 HORN
horn |
--
si |
boynuz, mügüz [HNO, 819]
müng-üz, ming-iz, müy-üz [AVG, 287] |
75 HOW
how -- -- |
--
a.na-gin7 -- -- |
nasîl, ne s^ekilde
na-sil, ne-gül [AVG, 287] = how; ne-ce = how; na, ne = what |
X9 HUNDRED
hundred ten |
--
g~is^ 2 g>y u |
yüz
yüz =100 on = 10 |
76 TO HUNT
to hold, to seize -- kick, flop, knock down wander, pass along -- hardship, difficulty, wild to fish, hunt catch, strike |
--
dab 2,4,5 -- dúb b>p dúb b>v -- dib 2 bad4 bad4 ta-g ta-g |
avlamak
tap-mak = to find; av-lamak = to hunt (d seems to be dropped); ab (av) = game to hunt tep-mek = to kick döv-mek = to beat; dib-ek = stone or wooden mortar -- bat-mak = to go under, to sink yab-an = wild ag~ = net to catch fish (t seems to be dropped) teg-mek/deg~-mek = to touch |
77 HUSBAND
husband mate, spouse first husband a team |
--
ni-ta dam g~itlam nit bir |
er, koca, es^
er, koca = husband; ata = father dam (ev) = house -- -- |
78 I
I I I, self myself possesive pr. suffix |
--
g~a-e, ma-e -g~u 10 ni men -mu, -ma |
men, ben
men -em = verbal (indefinite) pronoun suffix for I meni = (accusative 1st p. s.) men = myself -im, -îm, -um, -üm = possesive 1st p. s. suffix |
79 ICE
ice |
--
s^eg~8 [?] |
buz, muz, don
sog~-uk = cold |
80 IF
if ? if it be/Gordon |
--
tukum-bi hé-a |
eg~er, ger, ise, -se, -sa
-se, -sa = conditional suffix -- |
81 IN
locative, genetive suffix in, into into, to, upon middle, inner, waist |
--
-a, -bi -a, -bi im(mi) ba-an ib, éb |
içeri
-a, -ya = dative suffix -in, -în içeri bin = get onto, ride bel = waist, guts |
82 TO KILL
kill kill, lie down kill, vanquish, crush terrible, wild to kill, die to destroy |
--
us^2 nud, nu n>y gaz 2 hus^ ug 5,7,8 g>l gul |
öldürmek
sus-tur-mak = to silence u-yut = put into sleep; yat = lie down ez = crush -- öl = die öl-dür-mek = to kill, to destroy (g is dropped?) |
10 KNEE
knee |
--
dug3, du10 |
diz
diz = knee; ek = joint |
83 TO KNOW
understanding understanding to know |
--
tál tál zu |
bilmek
til (dil) bil-mek = to understand a language til (dil) = language, tongue us = mind, intelligence, wisdom |
84 LAKE
lake, sea spring pool, swamp pool, pond |
--
a.a.ba idim umun 5,6,11 ~garin |
göl, köl, (tengiz, deniz = sea)
ba-t-ak = swamp bulak, göze, kaynak -- -- |
85 TO LAUGH
to laugh |
--
i.si.is^ [?] |
gülmek
ses = voice, sound |
86 LEAF
bud bud (3) leaf, sprout (3) sprout, shoot luxuriant growth |
--
pa pa pa bil b>f lam l>c |
yaprak
uc, gon-ca, tomurcuk, sürgün = bud; te-pe = hill, the end point such as the top of the head. yap-rak = leaf; fi-liz = sprout fi-liz = sprout çim-en, ot = grass; çum = turf |
87 LEFT
left |
--
gub3 |
sol
sol |
88 LEG
thigh -- -- waist, lower body |
--
ur2, r>d -- -- ib2 |
bacak, bud
bud = thigh; yum-ur (yuvarlak, yumulmus^ cikinti, yumruk gibi) = round; bal-dîr = calf, back of the shank, leg (knee down) bel = waist; bel-den as^ag~î = lower body |
89 TO LIE (down)
lie down, lie with vagina lie down |
--
nud, na 2 ngála ku |
yatmak
yat, uyu, uzan am ku-cak-la = hug, embrace |
90 TO LIVE
to live, dwell -- -- sit, dwell, buttock seated, a fart life force live, create, yellow |
--
ti, til ti, til -- tus^ [durun] durun alad sig 7, se 12 |
yas^amak, sag~ olmak
til-ek/dölek (dölleyici [IZEy, 186]) = prolific, fertile, productive, fruitful; til/dil = tongue. otur = sit; yas^a = live, dwell oturan= seated -- sig- (sik-) = to intercourse; sa-ri = yellow |
91 LIVER
liver, omen liver, soul soul, innerd |
--
ba 3 ur 5 bar |
karaciger, bag~ir
bag~-îr = liver, lungs, bosom, heart, breast yür-ek/ür-ek = heart ruh, can = soul |
92 LONG
long pull, draw, distance length, distance |
--
sud.r gid2 su |
uzun
uzun = long çek = pull; uzat = draw; git = go uz-un-luk = length; uz, iz = yol |
93 LOUSE
lice, insect vermin |
--
uh uh |
bit
bit, böcek (bög~cek, örümcek [IZEy, 100]) -- |
94 MAN, MALE
man penis, man penis, man prince, young man man, soldier, servant |
--
nita, ni-tah ngis 2,3 (g<>s) us^ mis^, mes^ er-im |
adam, ata
ata = father; te-kin, ti-gin = prince sik, çük = penis uri (erkek evlat) = son [ HNO, 876] te-kin, ti-gin er-im = my husband, my man, my soldier, my male servant |
95 MANY
many many, much abundance many, much, people |
--
s^ar2 es^ he 2 lu |
çok, köp, bol, dolu, artîk
ar-tîk = many çok = many bol, dolu = abundant; bol, dolu = abundant; top-lu-m = many people |
96 MEAT, FLESH
meat, flesh |
--
uzu |
et
ku-zu = lamb (4) |
X11 MOON
moon shine brightly |
--
id 4,8, it 4 d/t>y háda, had 2 d>y |
ai, ay
ay (ad, id, ud) = moon (5) ayas = light (Ak Ayas = Ajax, Sais, Zeus) [MiEl,9; PK] |
97 MOTHER
mother mother mother mother |
--
ama m>n ama ama ama |
ana
ana = mother; eme=female ana ana (nine, nene) = grandmother emig, imig (meme [AVG, 264]) = breast mama (kadin [AVG, 286]) = woman; mama = uncle's wife |
98 MOUNTAIN
mountain -- higland higland -- roof, mountain pass -- mountain -- -- -- heap, pile -- big |
--
kur, hur.sag~ -- kur, hur.sag~ s>t kur, hur.sag~ -- ur -- is^i -- -- -- gurum -- kur4 |
tau, tag~, dag~
kîr (yayla, cayîrlîk, yaylîm [IZEy, 407])= countryside, uncultivated land [RDH1]; tag~ (dag~) = mountain; kur-gan = mound, hill boz-kîr = (grey) steppe bur-un = nose; te-pe = mountain peak; sirt = mountain top; ge-çit, bo-g~az = mountain pass; sira dag~lar = mountain chain; köt-ki (yüksek yer, yayla, dag~lîk yer, tepe, tepecik, toprak yîgînî [IZEy, 293,294]) = highland, plateau, mountainous place, hill, small hill, pile of dirt gur-gan (kur-gan) = mound, pile; yîg~în, küme = pile kara = big [FH] |
99 MOUTH
mouth door, entrance swallow, eat |
--
ka gi gu 7, ku g>y |
ag~îz
ag~îz = mouth; ka-pu = gate, door ga-pu (ka-pî) = gate; gir = enter yut = swallow; gut = gulping |
100 NAME
name speak, word, year progeny |
--
mu mu numun |
ad, isim
tam-ga (dam-ga) = seal, stamp mî-rîl-dan-mak = murmuring to oneself soy, nesil, torun-lar, tohum |
END OF PART 2 OF 5