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    As seen under Sagittarius Constellation Names - subject: PA.BIL.SAG.

• Sumerian PA.BIL.SAG, Sagittarius, one source calls it Papilsak, "Winged Fire-Head."
      This alludes to the Sumerian (pa, 'wing' + bil, 'burn, roast' + sag, 'head'), which would mean "winged burning head," making the Archer-centaur, the eternal guardian of fire.
  • Sumerian ^(giš)pa: leaf, bud, sprout; branch; wing; feather.
    • Sumerian pana, pan, ban: bow (pa, 'branch', + na₄, 'pebble, stone').
    • Sumerian pa₄,5,6: irrigation ditch, small canal.
    • Sumerian pà: (cf., pàd).
    • Sumerian pa...è; pa-è...ak: to show; to make appear; to make resplendent (often with -ni- or bi-) ('bud, sprout' + 'to send forth' + 'to make').
    • One source claims an Egyptian-Sumerian connection: PA-RIN of the (Sun-)Hawk; Bah, Pah verses Bak, Pak, Rin (Sumerian ring, enclosure, dwelling place), the symbol looks like a square.    Note: PA, (or XU) Hawk, The (Sun-)Hawk (line), of the (Sun-)Hawk race.
  • Sumerian bil: to burn; to roast.
    • Sumerian bìl: sprout, shoot.
    • Sumerian gir₄-bil: furnaceman, stoker ('kiln' + 'to burn').
    • Sumerian i-bí[BIL]: smoke ('to go out, rise' + 'to burn').
    • Sumerian gíbil: to burn; burning (gu₇, 'to consume', + bil, 'to burn').
  • Sumerian sag: head; point; present, gift; slave; human, individual; adj., first, prime; prep., in front.
    • Sumerian ság: scattered.
    • Sumerian sa-gaz; sag-gaz: highway robber ('head' + 'to smash').
      • Sumerian sa-gaz...ak: to rob (someone: dative infix) ('robber' + 'to do').
      • Sumerian sag-gaz...ak: to slay ('head' + 'smash' + 'to do'; cf., sa-gaz).
    • As one source calims as the Egyptian-Sumerian connection: SAG, The Seer, or Diviner, The Lofty Kad, the tablet (seal) of the One Lord, The Gut (Goth)," Sagara in its fuller form.
  • Assyrian-Babylonian Mythology calls it Pabilsag - god of the antediluvian city Larak, and identified with names associated with Ninurta (nin.ur.ta, "foremost warrior").
• From www.lexiline.com, "The star behind them: The Fire-Arrow-Sagittarian (PA.BIL.SAG), the horse's head of Sagittarius contains the brightest stars, the galactic center."