Archeantus

There is no known “ch” (as in “cherry”) sound in Sumerian, so the only possibility is that there may be some distinctive “k” sound represented by “ch”. Otherwise the “ch” will need to be interpreted as a separate “k” and “h” sound.

Sumerian

a: arm; labor; wing; horn; side; strength;

wage; power

a2-na, a2-ni, an-na, a2-ni-ta (form of

a)

a: a bird-cry

a: time

a: water; semen; progeny

a-ni, a-na, a-ni-ta (form of a)

A: a weapon or a leather holder for a weapon

ar: (hymn of) praise; fame

a-ar2, ar2-ra, a-ar3-a, a-ar3, ar2-re-ka,

ar2-a-ke4 (form of ar)

ar: ruin

ar2-ra-ka (form of ar)

he: be it, be he

he2-a (form of ar)

e: barley?

e: chaff

e3-a (form of e)

e: house; temple; (temple) household; station

(of the moon)?; room; house-lot;

estate

e2-a, e2-a-na, e2-a-ni (form of e)

e: a vocative interjection

e: strip or piece of leather; leather bearing

e: to leave, to go out; to thread, hang on a

string; to remove, take away; to bring

out; to enter; to bring in; to raise,

rear (a child); to sow; to rave; to

winnow; to measure (grain) roughly

(with a stick); to rent

e3-a, e3-a-ni (form of e)

e: princely?

e: perfect plural and imperfect stem of dug[to

speak]

e: trust

e: tube, socket

e: watch

ea: a qualification of bitumen

an: sky, heaven; upper; crown (of a tree)

an-ta (form of an)

an: date spadix

anta: companion, comrade

anta: upper

tu: to beat, to weave

tu: a fish

tu: incantation, spell

tu: leader

tu: priest

tu: soup, broth

TU: priest

TU: sheep

u: abuse

u: admiration

u: and

u: bed

u: to bray, bellow, bawl, voice, cry, noise

u: compound verb nominal element

u: defeat

u: earth

u: emery

u: sheep, ewe

u8-ra (form of u)

u: finger

u: gift

u: wild goose

u: grain

u: hole

u: horn

u: type of land

u: load

u: peace

u: earth pile

u: pitfall

u: planking

u: plant

u: bread, loaf; food; grass, herb; pasture,

plants

u2-ni, u2-ne, u-ra, u2-na, u2-ra (form of

u)

u: purslane

u: to ride; attachment to a plow, upper pivot

of a door, ship’s captain; to gain

control

u: to sleep

u: ten

u: totality, world

U: type of stone

U: tree

us: to lean on, impose; to check

us2-sa (form of us)

us: sheep

us: side, edge; path

us2-sa, us2-a, us2-sa2 (form of us)

uš: to shut off, block up

uš: blood, gore

uš2-a (form of uš)

uš: to die; to be dead; to kill; death

uš2-a (form of uš)

uš: a fish

uš: foundation

uš-ša (form of uš)

uš: membrane; womb; afterbirth

uš: poison

uš: dead reed

uš: spittle

uš: a copper vessel

uš: a unit of length

Archeantus is the name of a Nephite military person, probably a military leader, slain by the sword in one of the lead up battles to the final battle with the Lamanites (Moroni 9:2). Reasonable etymological units for Archeantus are:

Sumerian

a: strength; wage; power

a2-na, a2-ni, an-na, a2-ni-ta (form of

a)

A: a weapon or a leather holder for a weapon

ar: (hymn of) praise; fame

a-ar2, ar2-ra, a-ar3-a, a-ar3, ar2-re-ka,

ar2-a-ke4 (form of ar)

ar: ruin

ar2-ra-ka (form of ar)

he: be it, be he

he2-a (form of ar)

an: upper; crown (of a tree)

an-ta (form of an)

an: date spadix (form of a javelin)

anta: companion, comrade

anta: upper

tu: to beat

tu: leader

tu: priest

TU: priest

u: admiration

u: defeat

us: to lean on, impose

us2-sa (form of us)

uš: to die; to be dead; to kill; death

uš2-a (form of uš)

Constructed Compound Word: Ar(ra)c(a)heantus