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Adj. HEG: 'black, dark' is said of the earth where people are buried, the dankui tekan 'dark earth', a phrase also used in Greek for the Underworld. See 'earth' 01.210, 'night' 14.420, and dandukessar referring to mortality of man as mortal (going into the dark earth) 02.100. Sumerogram GE[six] 'black, night' = dankui- 'dark'. See also 'black' 15.650, 'darkness' 01.620, opposite of 'bright' 15.570.