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"You're the best around!": NUN (𒉣)

Updated: Apr 18, 2023



“You're the best around Nothing's gonna ever keep you down”


Samoan: SILI: 1a. to be the best 1b. to stick in, like a pen (or stylus!) 1c. surpassing, exceeding


Tongan: HILI: to go past; to go beyond


Hawaiian: HILI: 1a. To turn aside, deviate, miss the way, wander, stray. 1b. Bark used in dyeing, as hili kukui, hili kōlea, hili noni; the dark-brown dye made from this bark; a tapa dyed with hili; to dye with hili.


HILIHILI: dark red or brown (figuratively: to be wealthy); this ties in the SILI / HILI morpheme complex with the Egyptian [wsr] / [wsri]. Difficult to manufacture manual labor material culture items (taonga, measina, Yapese money wheels, etc.) represent wealth.



Sumerian: NUN (𒉣) “best”, “prince”


Akkadian: SIL / ZIL / rubû (𒉣) “best”, “prince”

rubīm / rubī “princes”


Hebrew:

Ke-rubīm (כְּרוּבים) Ke-rūb (כְּרוּב) / “cherubs” / “cherub”


Māori / Sāmoan:

Te Rupe / Ke Lupe

Winged angels… men on ships.


Sāmoan:

‘O Sili: the best (plural)


Middle Egyptian: Osir [wsir] “Osiris”

[wsr], [wsrw] /Osir/, /OsirĹŤ/

𓄊 - [wsr], [wsrw] /Osir/, /Osirū/ 𓄊𓀜 - [wsr] /Osir/ 𓄊𓋴 - [wsr] /Osir/ 𓄊𓂋𓀀 - [wsr] /Osir/ 𓄊𓋴𓂋𓀀 - [wsr] /Osir/ 𓄊 𓊃𓂋𓅱𓊤 - [wsrw] /Osirū/


Osir [wsr] “strong, powerful, wealthy man” Osiru [wsru] “strength, power”; “oar”


Ĺ ERI / SARI:

Malay: charm, quintessence; splendour; glory; pick or best or embryo; an honorific prefix to:

  • the names or descriptions of royal personages

  • honorary non-royal titles of the highest rank

  • names of ships, = "the good ship"; and

  • (iv) certain names of cakes and plants, see below.

  • Sari balai: place of honour in the audience hall.

  • Sari bumi: plant, Heliotr opium CHECK-I indicum









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