The Prodigal Sun: A Novel

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by S. E. Meyer


  BADTIBIRA = Land (bright land) Where the Ores are Made Final

  BUZUR = God of the Deep Mines (God Who Solves Secrets)

  DAMKIANNA = Mistress of Earth and Heaven

  DUMUZI = Son Who is Life

  EA = He Whose House is Water

  EANNA = House of Anu

  EBABBAR = House of the Rising Sun

  EDIN (valley of Edin) = Land of Mas

  EENGURRA = House of the Lord Whose Return is Triumphant

  EGISNUGAL or GISNU = House Causing Light

  EHURSAGKALAMMA = Mountainhead for all the Lands

  EKUR or KUR or KURGAL = House Mountain (great mountain)

  EKUR = House Which is Like a Mountain

  EMEURANNA = House of the ME's of ANU's Hero

  ENKI = Lord of Earth

  ENLIL = Lord of Airspace

  EZINU = Goddess of the Grain

  GIBIL = One of Fire

  GULA or BAU = Lady Who the Dead Brings Back to Life

  HEBAT = Lady of the Skies

  HURSAGMU = Mountain of the Sky-Chambers

  IGIGI = Those Who See and Observe

  KADINGIR = Gateway of the Gods

  KIENGIR = Land of the Lord of the GIR

  KINGU = Great Emissary

  KISHAR = Foremost of the Firmlands

  KISHARGAL = Great Princess of Firm Ground

  MAGAN = Egypt

  MAMMI = Mother of the Gods

  NANNA = Goddess of the Moon

  NANSHE = Goddess of Fish

  NERGAL = Great Watcher

  NINA = Lady of Water

  NINAGAL = Prince of Great Waters

  NINAZU = Lord Knowing the Waters

  NINGISHZIDDA = Lord of the Artifact of Life

  NINIGIKU = Lord Bright-Eyed

  NINHURSAG = Lady of the Mountainhead

  NINKASHI = Lady of Beer (Drinks)

  NINLIL = Lady of Airspace

  NINMULMULLA = Lady of Many Stars

  NINSUNA = Lady of the Wild Cows

  NINTI = Lady of Life

  NINURTA = Lord Who Completes the Foundation

  SABITU = Seven Wind-Gods of TIAMATU (Abyss/Ocean)

  SARRAT IRKALLI = Queen of The Netherworld

  SHIIMTI = House Where the Wind of Life is Breathed In

  SHIN'AR or SUMER = Land of the Watchers

  SHURUPPAK = Land of Utmost Well-Being

  SUEN = Multiplying Lord

  TIAMAT = Maiden of Life

  ZIKIA = Life of Earth and Water

  ZIUSUDRA = His Life-Days Prolonged (Noah)

  Short Sumerian Sentences / Phrases

  Ana Harrani Sa Alaktasa La Tarat = Road Whose Course Does Not Turn Back

  Ati Me Peta Babka = Gatekeeper, Open Your Gate for Me

  Eli Baltuti Ima''Idu Mituti = Dead Will Be More Numerous Than The Living

  Erset La Tari = Land of No Return

  Harsag Zalazalag = Peak Which Emits the Brilliance

  Kibrat Erbettim = Regions of The Four

  Kima Parsi Labiruti = Treat Her In Accordance With The Ancient Rites

  Nise Matati Kisitti Qatiya = People of The Land Which I Conquered

  Peta Babkama Luruba Anaku = Open the Gate for Me So That I Can Enter Here

  Sa Belet Ersetim Ki'Am Parsusa = Rites of The Mistress of The Netherworld

  Sada Emedu = Reach The Mountain

  Usella Mituti Ikkalu Baltuti = Raise Up The Dead Here Consuming The Living

  Zi Dingir Anna Kanpa! = Spirit God Of The Sky, Remember!

  Zi Dingir Kia Kanpa! = Spirit God Of the Earth, Remember!

  Conjunctions

  And - MA

  As (or like) - KIMA

  As Much As - MALA

  But - MA

  Either ... Or - LU ... LU

  From - INA

  Him - SU (add to word)

  He - SU

  If - SUMMA

  In - INA

  Let - LU

  Like (or as) - KIMA

  On - INA

  Or - U LU

  That - SU or SU'ATI

  The - INA (?)

  They - SUNU

  This - ANNU

  Through - INA

  Thus - KI'AM

  Unto - ANNA

  What - MINU or SA

  Whatever - MIMMA

  Where - ASAR

  Which - AYYU or SA

  Whichever - AYYUMMA

  Who - MANNU or SA

  Whoever - MAMMAN

  Why - AMMENI

  A

  Abandon - WUSSURU

  Able - LE'U

  Abomination - ANZILLU

  Above - ELENU

  Abyss (ocean) - TIAMATU

  Accuse - EBERU

  Accuser - MUBBIRUM (an accuser)

  After - WARKI

  Afterwards - WARKANUM

  Against - ELI

  Aid - TAPPUTU

  All - GABBU or KALU or SIHIRTU or GIMRU or GIMIRTU

  Alliance - KATARU (to make an alliance)

  Alone - INA AHISA or EDIS

  Amen - CACAMA

  Antimony - GUHLU

  Anything - SUMSU MIMMA (anything whatsoever)

  Army - UMMANATE or ERIMHA

  Arrive - KASADU

  Artisans - UMMANI

  Ashes - DITALLU

  Assembly - PUHRUM

  Attacker - GUDANNA (Anu`s attacker)

  At My Feet - ANA SEPIYA

  Aura - NI (awesome aura)

  Awake - NEGELTU

  Awesome - KASHURRA (pure which opens)

  Axe - ALANI (axe that produces power)

  B

  Back - SERU

  Bad - LEMNU

  Badly - LEMNIS

  Barely - SHE

  Bat - SUTINNU

  Battle - TAHAZU

  Battle Line - SIDRU

  Battle Onslaught - INA QITRUB TAHAZI

  Be - BASU

  Bear - NASU (verb, to bear)

  Bed - GISNU or ERSU or ISERSU

  Beer - SIKARU

  Before - LAPAN or INA PANI

  Beginning - APSU (one who exist from the beginning)

  Behold - ANNITU or ME

  Belly - TITI

  Belong - SA

  Besieged - ALME

  Bestow - TALAMU (to bestow on)

  Bird - ESSURU

  Bird City - SIPPAR

  Bite - NASAKU

  Black - SALMU

  Black - SALAMU (to become black)

  Body - ZUMRU

  Bond - DURANKI (bond heaven-earth)

  Born - MUMMU (one who was born)

  Bow - ISQASTU or GISBAN

  Bowl (reed) - KUNINU

  Bracelet - SEMIRU

  Break - PALASU

  Break Out - NAPAHU

  Breast - IRTU

  Bridle - RAPPU

  Bright - NEPERDU

  Bright - MELAMMU (awe-inspiring luminosity)

  Bright - LARAAK (seeing the bright glow)

  Brightness - ENIR (house of brightness)

  Bring (to hurl) - NADU

  Bring to Naught - ADI LA BASI ALAKU

  Broke Out - INNAPIH

  Bronze - ZABARDIBBA (he who bronze obtains and divides)

  Brother - AHU

  Build - TABANNUSI

  Burn - QAMU

  Buyer - SAYYAMUM

  C

  Cage - QUPPU

  Calm Down - NAHU

  Came - ILLIKAM (he went there)

  Campaign - GIRRU

  Carry - WABALU

  Case - DINUM

  Case of - DIN

  Celestial Body - MUL (who shine in the heights)

  Celestial Body - MULKI (the celestial body that had been cleaved apart)

  Celestial Horizon - ANUR

  Change - ENU

  Changed - USEMI (turned into)

  Chariot - ISNARKABTU or GISGIGIR

  Chariot - MARGIDDA (celestial chariot)

  Cheek - LETU

  Child - AMELSERRU or DAMU

  Chocolate - SUKULUTU

  Choice - RESTU

  Choral
Bands - KHAUIKI

  Citizens - MARE ALI

  City - ALU

  City (the city) - UR

  City Gate - KAGAL or ABULLU

  Claim - RUGUMMUM

  Clay - TIDDU or IM

  Clay - DUGGAE (lifeless mass of clay)

  Close - QITRUBU (to draw near)

  Clothed - LABASU (to be clothed)

  Come - ALKA

  Commanded - ALAKSU QABU

  Commanders - SUT RESI (those of the head)

  Compensate - RABU

  Concubines - SINNIS.SEKRETU

  Confine - KALU

  Conquered - IKSUDA

  Container - HABANNATU

  Contract - RIKISTU

  Convict - KANU

  Corpse - PAGRU

  Count - MANU (to count)

  Course - ALAKTU

  Creature of Enki - ENKIDU

  Crevice - NIGISSU or KIINDAR

  Crossing - NIBIRU (planet of the crossing)

  Crown - AGU or AGA

  Crownlike - DUGA (dark)

  Cult Figure - ASSINNU

  Cut - PARASU

  Currency - KASPAM (money)

  Curse - EZERU

  Cutting - NIKSUM

  D

  Daily - UMISAM

  Dangerous - AKSU

  Dark - ETU (to be dark)

  Dark - DUGA (crownlike)

  Dark Room - ITIMA or KISSUM

  Darkness - ETUTU or ASBU

  Date - SULUPPU

  Dead - MITU

  Dead Ones - MITUTU

  Dead Person - MITU

  Decide - PARASU (to render)

  Decision - PURUSSUM

  Declare Innocent - EBEBU

  Deeds - DAMQATI

  Deep Water - APSU

  Defeat - DABDU

  Demons - DALKHU (evil spirits)

  Denouncer - MUNAGGIRU

  Deport - NASAHU

  Destroy - ABATU or NAPALU

  Die - ANA SIMTIM ALAKU (to go one`s fate)

  Die - ADI LA BASI ALAKU (to bring to naught)

  Difficult - NAMRASU

  Diminish - SEHERU

  Direction - GUG (direction determining)

  Disease - MURSU

  District - NAGU

  Divide - ZAZU

  Dogs - KALBI

  Dog of Death - URBAT

  Door - DALTU or GISIG

  Dragons - TAMMABUKKU (from the Land of Mas)

  Draw Near - QITRUBU

  Drink - NAG

  Drink - ASATTA (I will have to drink)

  Drinks (beer) - KASHI

  Dust - EPRU

  Dwell - ETUTI

  Dwell in Darkness - INA ETUTI ASBU

  Dwelling - SUBTUM

  Dwelling Place - MANZAZU

  E

  Ear - UZNUM

  Earth - KI or GI or KIA

  Eat - AKALU or IKUL

  Earth - ERSETU or KI

  Eighth - SAMNU

  Encourage - TAKALU

  Enemy - AMELNAKRU or LUKUR

  Enlarge - RAPASU

  Enter - ERIBU (those who enter)

  Enter - ANA BITI SA ERIBUSU (house to which those who enter it)

  Entered - ERUMMA

  Envelope - SAHAPU (to envelope)

  Environs - LIMETISUNU (their environs)

  Escape - NAPARSUDU

  Established - UKINNU

  Equal - MASALU (to make equal)

  Ever - ISTU

  Ever Since - ISTU ULLANUMMA

  Evil Eye - NEKELMU (look at malevolently)

  Eye - INU

  Eye - ASAR (all-powerful, awesome, all-seeing eye)

  Excavation - KILA

  Executed - DAKU (to be executed)

  Exit - ASU (those who exit)

  Extinguish - BELU

  F

  Face - PANA

  Fall - MAQATU

  Far - RUQU

  Falsehood - SARRATUM

  Fashioned - IBTANI

  Fate - SIMTUM

  Fate Speaker - DUGNAMTAR

  Father - ABUM

  Father of - ABI

  Favorite - MIGRU

  Fear - ADARU or PALAHU

  Female - SINNIS

  Flee - ABATU

  Fifth - HAMSU

  Fifty - ENINNU (house of fifty)

  Field - EQLUM

  Fire - GIRRU or ISATUM or DINGERGISBAR

  First Gate - ISTEN BABA

  Fishes - HAAKI (place of the water-fishes)

  Five - HAMSUM

  Flood - AMARUBAURRATA (the flood swept thereover)

  Food - AKALUM or BUBUSSUNU

  Foot - SEPU or GIR

  Forbidden - IKKIBU (forbidden thing)

  Force - EMUQA (by force)

  Foremost - BELET or GAL

  Forests - KHARSAANU SAQUUTU (thick forests)

  Forever - DARISAM

  For the Purpose of - ANA

  Fortified - BADGALDINGIR (great fortified place of the gods)

  Fortification - ALHALSU

  Fortresses - BIT DURANI

  Fought - IMTAHAS (he fought)

  Fourth - REBU

  From - ULTU or ISTU

  Front - ELLAMU

  Furious - EZEZU

  Furnishings - NUMATU

  G

  Garment - TUG (toga-like garment)

  Garment - TUGTUSHE (garment which is worn wrapped around)

  Gate - BABU

  Gatekeeper - ATU or AMELATU

  Gateway Peak - KA HARSAG

  Gaurd - NASARU

  Gave (he gave) - ISRUK

  Gave - ISRUKAM (he gave to me)

  Ghosts - BU'IDU

  Gift - IGISUM

  Give - NADANU

  Give (to pay) - NADANU

  Go - ALAKU or ALIK or DU

  God (a god) - ILU

  Goddess - ILATI

  Going - SITU (going out)

  Gold (money) - HURASAM or GUSKIN

  Good - DAMIQ

  Glowing - DIRGA (dark glowing chamber)

  Grains - SE'IM

  Great - RABUM

  Great - RABU (to make great, to rear)

  H

  Hair - MALU (long hair)

  Hand - QATU

  Hands Conquered - IKSUDA QATAYA

  Hang - ALALU

  Happy - NEPERDU

  Have - ISU

  Head - SAG

  Hear - NISME

  Heart - LIBBU

  Heaven - AN

  Heaven - ANUNNAKI

  Heavenly - ANU (the heavenly one)

  Heavens - ANZU (he who knows the heavens)

  Heavens - KUAN (opening the heavens)

  Heavy - KABITU

  Heir - APLUM

  Help - RESUSSUN (to their assistance)

  Herald - NAGIRU

  Hide - MASKU

  High - UL (high as the sky)

  Hire - AGARU

  Hold - KALU

  Holy of Holies - BARAGGAL

  Home - ESHARRA (home of the ruler/prince)

  Home - ERIDU (home in the faraway)

  Home - ERIDU (home of going afar)

  Homes - DADMESUN (their homes)

  Horn - QANNU

  Horse - SISU

  Hour - KASPU (two hours)

  House - E or BITUM

  House - EHUS (terrifying house)

  House of - BIT

  Hunter - SHARUR (supreme hunter)

  Hurrah - KARRA

  I

  Idea - ZIKRU

  Immediately - HAMTA

  Impose - EMEDU

  Impregnate - ERU

  Imprison - ESERU

  Incantation - NUSKU (incantation word, budding branch)

  Innocent - UTEBBIBASSU

  Innumerable - LA NIBI

  Inscribe - SATARU (to have inscribed)

  Instead - KIMA (instead of)

  Interruption - BATLU

  Iron - PARZILLU

  Ivory - SINNU

  J

  Joining - ANKIDA (heaven-earth joining)

  Joyfully - HADIS

  Judge - DAYYANUM

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bsp; Judges - DAYYANI

  Judgeship - DAYYANUTUM

  K

  Kill - DAKU

  King - SARRUM

  King of - SAR

  Kings (of) - SARRU/I

  Kingship - SARRUTUM

  Kiss - NASAQU

  Know - IDU

  Know - MUDU (one who knows)

  Knowledge - MUDUTU

  L

  Lack - SAMU (to thirst)

  Lady - BELETI

  Land - MATUM or KUR

  Law Case - DINUM

  Lead (to lead) - REDU

  Lead - Duggae (pot of lead)

  Learn - LAMADU (or to teach)

  Leave - EZEBU or WASU

  Liar - SARRU

  Lie Down - UTULU or NAPARQUDU

  Life - NAPISTUM or TI

  Life - TIIT (that which is life)

  Life - SHI (breath of life; soul)

  Life - ZIANA (heavenly life)

  Life - GISHTIL (vehicle of life)

  Light - NURU or IMMARU

  Light - SUMMU NURA (they are deprived of light)

  Lightning - ZAMANI (?)

  Lightning - BARAQU (to strike with lightning)

  Lip - SAPTU

  Live - BALTU

  Live - TITAAN (those who in heaven live)

  Liver - KABATTU

  Living Ones - BALTUTU

  Living Person - BALTU

  Lock - SIKKURU

  Look At - NEKELMU (evil eye)

  Lord - BELUM or EN

  Lord of - BEL

  Lose (to lose) - HALQU

  Lost - HALQU

  Love - ARAMMU

  Lower - SAPLU

  Luxurious - ULMASH (glittering)

  M

  Made Out - EZEBU (to have made out something)

  Male - ZIKAR

  Man - LU

  Man (a man) - AWILUM

  Man of - AWIL

  Mankind - SALMAT QAQQADI

  Mankind - NAMLUGALLU (civilized mankind)

  March - ALLIK (war march)

  Message - WU''URU (to send a person a message)

  Messenger - RAKBU

  Metal - ANBAR (heavenly metal)

  Metal - ZABAR (gleaming double metal)

  Metals - ZAG (the shine of metals)

  Middle - INA QABAL (in the middle of)

  Midsts - INA QEREB (in the midst of)

  Mist - IMBARU or IMDUGUD

  Month - WARHUM

  Moon - NANNA

  Mother - UMMUM

  Mound - EDUKU (house of the holy mound)

  Mount - SAHATU (to mount)

  Mountain - SADU or SHADU or KUR

  Mountains - HURSANU or HURSAG or GABRI

  Mountainhead - IMKURGAR (who beside the mountainhead abides)

  Mouth - PU or IPUSMA

  Murder Charge - NERTUM

  N

  Name - SUMSU

  Near - QEREBU (to draw near)

  Netherworld - KURNUGI or ERSET LA TARI

  Newness - ESSUTU

  Nimbus - MELAM

  Ninth - TISU

 

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