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98 SUMERJANGRAMMAR
e) im : only in imdub =pasti!Ju,. imdubbu = ni!Jtu.
d) al: onl y in aldub = rabu, and aldubbéS = rabis 1 •
Pl'efix gis. § 151. gis: gis-nig-ga, 'property', OBI. 110,5. gis-kesda= riksu.
Suffixes dug,
du, da, di.
gis-!Jar = wlurtu, 'design'. gis-sir= mlru, 'light'. gis-pi-tuk,' under­
standing', from pi-tuk, 'haying ears'.
§ 152. ka, ki; ka-sir = qa$aru: ka-sir = edepu, 'blow'. For sir
= 'blow', Y. Sm. 6 oby. 13 [immi]-sir = edepu sa sari, and for ka-sirsir=uddupu,
IV R. 29* a 25 below. ki-lal=sulj;ultu, 'weight'. li
= rlSU, 'rejoice' : ki-li =rlsatu.
§ 153. This heading includes a considerable number of infinitiyes,
since the suffixed element is eyidently the same in both nouns and yerbs.
The etymology of these forrns was discoyered by THUREAU-DANGINZA.
XVI 355; XVII 198 f. ' The elernent dug is wri tten almost uni versalIy
KA(dág)3. dumu-dág, 'offspring', Gud. CyI. B23, 18. simul=gesu,
and simul-dúg=gesu aamtu, CT. XII 33 b 14 f. ka-al, a basin used
in religious ceremonies, Gud. CyI. A 13, 18, but ka-al-dúg, Gud. Sto
E 3, 3. li-du,' son!,;'; li-du-a-ni = zalnar-sa, BA. V 620, 17, and li-di
SBH. 112 rev. 10, are nouns formed from the root lil> li, 'play on a
wind instrument', by adding the reduced element du, di. This form is
then further built up by adding dúg, lidudág, 'musical composition',
Gud. Sto B 8,21; SBH. 122,25. Compare al so lida CT. XV 10 rey. 7;
28,28. tigfJil=qananu [BR. 3233 and 7644] and tigíJildúga= qananu
[BR.3236]. dam= da-am, i.e., da+the yerb am, 'to be' [y. Bab.
I 229] in the foIlowing; ta!J-ge-datn =u$$ap, 'he shaIl pay interest',
CT. VIII 37 b ]3. mal-mal-dam=issakan, ASKT. 55, 43; swnmu­
dam = inaddin, ibid. 47; gurrudam = utar, ibid. 62, 12; cf. nam-bagur-ru-dam
= ai itúruni, IV R. 1* e 37.
da in the foIlowing: si-im, a musical instrument (?), Gud. Cyl. A
1. SBH. 38, 10.
2. LENORMANT, Magic, English ed., p. 272, seems to have divined this constl'uction.
3. dug in ü-dug-gi=amaru, 'to behold', KADAU, Miscel. no. 2, 16, val'iant of
Bl'.9355.