Johnson 2004 - CDLI - UCLA

1.4 BNBV inal verbs of perception
Bearing in mind the sometimes quite complicated distributional pattern of low source
applicatives, especially those involving perception and (usually negative) affect, I turn
initially to BNBV inal predicates that are verbs of direct perception.
(29) Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta [1.8.2.3], ll. 551-554
(Karahashi 2000, 119; Vanstiphout 2003, 88-89)
551. gig ni 2.bi mu 2.a guru 7
[x (x)] ka
The wheat grown by itself . . . granary . . .,
552. en aratta ki .ra As for that which was brought to the lord of
mu.na.ni.in.≠ku 4±.[ku 4] Aratta,
553. kisal aratta ki .a.ka igi.ni.ße 3
i.im.dub ?
It was piled up in front of him in the court of
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Aratta,
554. en aratta ki .ke 4 gig.e The lord of Aratta saw the wheat,
igi bi 2.in.du 8
The example of a BNBV inal predicate in line 554 is the one that appears at the beginning
of the chapter as a prototypical example of a BNBV inal predicate. For a hint as to the
reasoning behind my translation of line 552 as a topicalized relative clause, see the
discussion of *mini-√ in chapter 3.