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From: petrich@netcom.com (Loren Petrich)
Subject: Re: Polysemy and Logographic Signs
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In article <seagoat.634.018B64B1@primenet.com>,
John A. Halloran <seagoat@primenet.com> wrote:

	[Sumerian polysemy...]

>bir: 	to scatter, mix; to wreck; to murder.
>bir2: 	to dry up, shrivel up; to sniff, wrinkle ones nose; mistiness (of the 
>  eyes).
>bir3: 	team (of donkeys/animals).
>bir4: 	locust.
>bir6,7: 	to rip to pieces.
>bir9: 	to blaze, flame up.

>bar: to open; to uncover, expose; to see; to remove; to release; to peel, 
>  pare, shell; to select; to divide; to distribute; foreign; outside; because 
>  of; soul, innards.

	Sumerian is hardly alone here; consider Chinese.
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