by Rick Mc Callister and Silvia Mc Callister-Castillo ©1999
*za "to shimmer" [ag 79]
zalthirie "to shine" [az96]
< *stelkw- [az96: 17]
see Nostratic *c'.aEjh.a "to shimmer" [ag 79]
-za diminutive suffix [ag 79, pa]
see Nostratic *-Ca adjective and diminutive marker [ag 79]
zal, zel, za-, zl, esal, esal-s, esl, eSl "two" [am91, cb, g/lb83, mc91, pa, dep, gzb]
see zelv-th, zelur, zelarvenas [mp68]
zathrum, zathrm-, zathrm-s, zathrm-is, zathrm-iS, zathrumith
"twenty" [az96, g/lb83, mc91, pa, dep, gzb]
zathrum < Semitic or compound involving zal "two"? [er 1 Mar 99]
zathrumsne "twentieth" [az96]
zelur "two at a time" [g/lb83 80]
< *dwal "two" [az96]
see German Zahl "number" [pa]
see Indo-European *del, *dele "to split" [pa]
see Nostratic *C'oLGa "to be a pair, to mate" [Dolgopol'skij 1972 cit. ag 78, 79]
zalle cognomen corresponding to Latin Iunior [G. Colonna cit. pa]
zalthu family name [g/lb83 77]
zamathi "clap, buckle" > "fibula" [az96]
< zam- "to stop, arrest" [az96]
< *stMbh- "to arrest, stop, cleave" [az96, 29 Mar 99]
zamathi "gold" [g/lb83 81]
zamthic "golden" [g/lb83 81]
< *zamath- < *za:m a th-, *za:m a t- [K. Ostir cit. ag 79]
zamthic "(something) fixed, sure" [az96]
zana, zani, zanl "statue" [az96]
zane "base" [az96]
zanuli "foundedness" [az96]
zanulis "to make firm, stabilize" [az96]
zan- < *stan- "stand, statue" etc. [az96]
zanl family name [g/lb85: 159]
zanua "destination, engagement" [az96]
zar "to make rigid, hard" [az96]
zarfna "cadaver, corpse, rigid body" [az96]
zarve "rigid" > "sterile" [ag 79]
zar-, Sar, Ser- "rigid, stiff, solid" [az96]
zarf- < *sterbh- [az 29 Mar 99]
see Latin sterilis "barren" [az 29 Mar 99]
zati, zathi "base" [az96]
zatlxne "stabilizing" [az96]
< zat- < *stat- [az96]
see Latin statuo "to establish" [az 29 Mar 99]
see Latin satelles "escort, attendant" [az 29 Mar 99]
zath natural deity [mp68: 251]
zatlath "companion" [dep, pa]
zax "to be sharp, investigate" [az96]
see Saxu [az96]
zavena "cup, drinking vessel" [az96, pa, dep]
zea "wounding, slaying" [az96]
zec, Sec "mark, sign" [az96]
< *steg- "mark, sign" [az96]
see Latin signo "to mark, seal, indicate" [az 29 Mar 99]
zelarvena "(funerary) prepation, placement, covering" [az96]
< *zel-, *Sel- < *stel [az96]
see Secan [az96]
zeri, zeri-S "legal, sacred act, rite, object" [g/lb83, lb 90, mp 68/75, pa, dep]
< *zer- "holy" [rab 332]'
< *zeheri < *steh-e-ri, *steigh-, *steig- "incision, cleft in divinatory liver" > "writing" [az96, 29 Mar 99]
see Lemnian zeronai, zeronaith [mp68: 99]
zertnai family name [mc91: 74]
zezeve preterite verb form [az Jul 99]
zia "to wound, stab, kill" [az96]
< *stîgh-a- [az96]
see Lemnian ziazi [mp68: 99]
see Latin sîca, [az 29 Mar 99]
zia "fixio" > "pactio?" [az96]
< *stîgh-ia [az96]
zic, zix, zix-u, zic-al, zix-ina, zix-ne, zix-uxe, zix-un-ce "write, to write" [am91, cb, EB XXII:801, v, g/lb83, mp68]
"to write, to paint" [pa, dep]
"to engrave, write" [az96]
zicu "writing." [EB XXII:801]
zicu "engraver" < *stîx [az96]
zix "book" [mp68, vs/amr 189]
zixina "(something) written" [az96]
zixne "sign" [az96]
zixu "sculptor, writer, engraver" [mc91: 67, pa]
zixu-, zicu- "engrave, write" [az 29 Mar 99]
zixunce, zixuxe "was written, engraved" [mc91, mp68: 405]
"engrave" [az96: 17]
< *stikh-un-ke [az96: 17]
< *steigh-, < *steig- "engrave, write" [az 29 Mar 99]
ziiace "guided" [az96]
zil-, Sel- "order, govern, rule" [az 29 Mar 99, g/lb83]
"to exercize the zil magistracy" [pa, dep]
zil, zili, zilac, zilax, zilat, zilc, zilci, zilx, zilath "magistrate, official, praetor" [am91, cb, EB XXII: 801, mcv 8 Nov 96, v, vs/amr 189, g/lb83, mc91, mp68, pa, dep]
zilacal "of the zilac (praetor)" [mcv 8 Nov 96]
zilacei, zilac "Ruler, Queen" [az96]
zilath "(one who) governs, praetor" [az96]
zilath-amce "co-governor, associate praetor" [az96]
zilath mexl rasnal "praetor of the Etruscan territory (title)" [mp68: 211]
zilath rasnas title used in Tarquinia [mp68: 211]
zilax "to be zilc, zilath" [mp68: 226]
zilaxnthas "holding the position of zilath (praetor) (verbal noun)" [mc91: 136]
zilax-nu, zilx-nu, zilax-nu-ce, zilax-n-ce, zilx-n-ce "being zilax
(praetor) (verbal noun)" [mc91: 69/136];
"order, govern, rule" [az 29 Mar 99, g/lb83]
zilax-n-th-ce, zilax-n-thaS "to rule, govern as praetor" [az96, mp68]
zilax-nucix "petty kings, regulus" [az96]
zilax-nve "(he) ruled, was zilath" [az 17 Jun 99, mc91]
"to rule" [mp68: 211]
zilc, zilx "charge, position" [az96]
zilc marunuxva "praetor of the marunu (religious office)" [mp68: 226]
zilc parxis a supreme magistrate [mp68: 400]
zilc-thi, zilcti, zilcte "magistrate in charge" [mp68]; "one who mette in assesso, praefectus" [az96]
zileteraia "rules of servitude" [az96]
zili "order" [az96]
zilu "duty, ordinances?" [az96]
zilx cexaneri title [g/lb83]
see cexa "ceremony, right, law" [g/lb83]
"caretaker of the sacred" [mp68: 265]
< *stel- "order, govern, rule" [az 29 Mar 99, g/lb83]
< *Sikh- < *stêg- [az96]
zimaite, zimite "(which) sustains" [az96]
< *stMbh [az96]
zimuthe "(one who) lowers, strikes, trusat" [az96]
zin- "make on the lathe" [am91]
zina, zinasa, zinace "to make, (has) made" [mc91]
"shapes, adorns, devises" [az96, mc91]
zinace "made on the lathe" [am91]
zinaie "potter" [am91]
zinaku "made" [mc91]
zinia "form, project, intent, design" [az96]
zinthrepus "creative impulse" [az96]
see Rhaetian thinake [mcv 4 Mar 98]
see Latin tina "wine jug" (pottery) [rmcc]
see Lydian ceñ- [er 21 Jun 99]
zipanu, zipna, zipa, sipna female associated with Turan [g/lb83]
"brilliant, flash" [az96]
zipaxnl "trampled, buried" [az96]
zip- < *stip- [az96]
see Latin stîpo "to compress, surround, accompany" [az 29 Mar 99]
zirule "brilliant" (plural) [az96]
see Sertur [az96]
ziumithe, ziumite "Diomé:dês" [g/lb83, mc91: 49]
"one who thinks of killing" [az96]
ziva, ziva-s, ziva-S "(the) dead" [g/lb83, lb 90, mp 68/75, pa, rab 332]
"having lived" [dep]
"to assist, cure, direct" [az96, 29 Mar 99]
zivas "alive" [am91, gm97]
< *stew [az96, 29 Mar 99]
see Lemnian zivai [mp68: 99]
see Latin stîva "plow handle" [az96, 29 Mar 99]
see Latin vivo "I live" [dep]
see Greek ebion "I have lived" [dep]
see Breton beva "to live" [dep]
see Old Slavic zhivo "I live" [dep]
see Sanskrit jivati "s/he lives" [dep]
see Avestan jvaiti "s/he lives" [dep]
ziz-ri "putting, placing, standing still" [az 29 Mar 99, 96: 17]
< *stist-ri [az 29 Mar 99, 96: 17]
see Latin sistere "to place, stand still" [az 29 Mar 99, 96: 17]
zuci "part" [az96]
zuxne "smashing, dividing, sharing" [az96]
zuxuna "piece, part" [az96]
< *zuk-, *Suk- < *stuk- "stock, piece, part" [az96]
< *stuk "piece" [az96: 17]
see Latin socius "ally, companion" [az96, 29 Mar 99]
zuci am "corruption, ruin" [az96]
zuci enesci "buon diritto (formula)" [g/lb85: 168]
zucre "branch, cane" [az96]
zuxu "cane" < "scepter" [az96]
Zupre, Supri > Subura (valley) [lrp 48]
zusa "to strive, aspire to" [az96]
zusle "seek, aim" [az96]
< *zus- *stus- < *stund-s-, *stud-s- "to hit" [az96: 17]
see Latin studeo "to strive, aspire to" [az 29 Mar 99]
zusle, zuSle, zusle-i, zusleva, zuSleva, zusleva-i, zusleve, zuSleve, zuSleve-S "offering, sacrificial victim (animal)" [gzb, mp68, pa]
originally "blow by enemy" [az 9]
zusuzai, zusatu "Strike, Find, Gather" [az96]
see Greek Túkhe [az96]
zuta "residence, place to stay" [az96]
< *studh- [az96]
zutaS "insediamento" [g/lb85: 171]
zutheva "doubts, uncertainties (dual form)" [az96]
zuth, zut, Suth- [az96]
< *studh- [az 29 Mar 99]
see Old Norse, Old English stódh [az 29 Mar 99]
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